Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
These Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts make a quick and easy breakfast or dessert. They are a soft delicious comfort food that are light and fluffy.
Servings: 9
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup buttermilk, (can use whole milk)
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Cinnamon Coating
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat two donut baking pans with non-stick spray.
- Whisk together the egg and oil in a medium sized bowl.
- Next mix in the buttermilk and vanilla.
- Then add in the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder and salt. Mix everything together just until combined. Don't overmix.
- Spoon the batter into the donut wells in the pan. (The batter will be thin.) Fill the wells about ¾ of the way full.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Make the cinnamon sugar mixture while the donuts are baking.
- In a small bowl mix together the sugar and cinnamon for the coating and set aside until the donuts are done.
- Once donuts are done remove from the oven and transfer to wire rack. Cool donuts for 10 minutes before topping.
- Brush melted butter over top of donuts, then dunk each one in the cinnamon sugar mixture coating. Be sure to coat all sides.
- Donuts are best served while warm.
Notes
Push a toothpick along the edge of a donut for easy removal from pan.