Growing up, it was a real treat in my house if one of my parents had gotten up early on a weekend to pick up donuts or bagels for breakfast.
Obviously, this was before I had any cognizance of calories or the fact that donuts would one day land firmly on the no-fun side of the list of Foods You Should Avoid Unless You Want To Buy Larger Jeans.
Which you might.
Once you taste these donuts you’re not going to care about your jeans and you’re not going to want to stop eating them.
Dipped in butter and cinnamon sugar these are the kind of donuts you make when you want to impress someone. When you want to say thank you. Or when you just happen to be craving something sweet.
Even though these are made in a pan specifically intended for donuts (round shape, hole in center) I know that isn’t something everyone has in their pantry. If you don’t want to shell out $11.99 for a new pan, use a muffin/cupcake tin instead.
Your donuts won’t have the traditional shape but they’ll still taste every bit as delicious.
The ingredients for these are ones that you probably already have in your pantry if you’ve ever baked the anyone-can-do-it Tollhouse Cookie recipe on the back of the package of Nestle’s chocolate chips.
Don’t even worry about the cookies though. Just make these instead.
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 tbsp canola oil
- 1 stick melted butter
- 1½ cup of sugar and 1 Tablespoon cinnamon combined in a bowl
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Stir dry ingredients together. Add egg, vanilla, and milk and whisk together for one minute. Add oil and continue to whisk until well combined.
- Grease doughnut pan wells. Fill each ⅔ way with batter. Bake for 7-9 minutes. Allow doughnuts to cool for a minute or two. Then dip doughnuts in melted better and toss in bowl with the cinnamon sugar mixture.
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March 15, 2012 at 12:13 pm[…] got the recipe originally from Maris of In Good Taste (she’s one of my food blogging buddies and she is lovely). Maris actually has a donut pan for […]
Courtney
March 7, 2012 at 3:36 pmHi, Maris! I finally made these – but I made them into muffins. It turned out great, so thanks for the recipe and inspiration. I gave you credit and linked back. 🙂 http://cookingmisadventures.com/2012/03/07/cinnamon-sugar-doughnuffins/ ~ Courtney
Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuffins « Misadventures in Cooking
March 7, 2012 at 3:34 pm[…] Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Muffins, adapted from In Good Taste […]
Sarah
February 2, 2012 at 9:39 amI love cinnamon sugar donuts! I modified these to make muffin and mini-muffins, to be more travel friendly:
http://trialbyfirewin.blogspot.com/2012/01/cinnamon-sugar-donut-muffins.html
Luz Maria
December 7, 2011 at 11:15 amI made 40 of these doughnuts for a family get togeth of 12 people. They were all gone and they begged for more! AMAZING!
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September 7, 2011 at 1:52 am[…] they just aren’t especially remarkable. Unlike my creamy avocado pasta or the butter-dipped cinnamon sugar donuts, the cereal or yogurt that I eat in the morning usually aren’t worth sharing. However, I was […]
erin
June 3, 2011 at 12:19 amI know what you mean about special donut mornings. Sometimes my parents would buy Entenmann’s donuts and they were sooo good. I almost bought some not too long ago, but then I looked at the ingredients and quickly changed my mind! Yours look great!
Tracy
May 24, 2011 at 10:54 pmThese look perfect! I looove cinnamon-sugar!
Kay
May 24, 2011 at 6:57 pmYum, these look delicious!
Alana D
May 24, 2011 at 4:23 pmOoh I love this,cinnamon sugar are my favorite kind!
Melissa
May 24, 2011 at 12:24 amBaked doughnuts! Yes! More like a muffin…eat extra.
Nami @ Just One Cookbook
May 23, 2011 at 9:21 pmOh my goodness these look so good. TOO good. It’s actually happening now, in my household. When my husband wakes up early, he goes to donuts run. Kids and I are so excited to eat donuts and I make coffee. Such a happy treat on weekends. 🙂 Your homemade ones look much better. But well I don’t really bake normally and it will probably end with disaster so I just enjoy looking at your gorgeous donuts. 🙂
Caroline
May 23, 2011 at 9:12 pmOh gosh, these doughnuts look and sound fantastic. My roommate actually just mentioned last night that she really wants to make cinnamon sugar doughnuts, so I’m sure I’ll be posting something similar soon!
Pudding Pie Lane
May 23, 2011 at 7:02 pmMy university are doing free coffee and doughnuts outside the library every day until exams are over. Jeans sizes are out the window, so I think I’ll make these and help myself to two…or ten… 🙂
Sunny
May 23, 2011 at 6:25 pmoh my gosh, those look amazing! definitely going to be making those… 🙂
Sommer@ASpicyPerspective
May 23, 2011 at 5:46 pmMy hubby would freak if I showed him your donuts. Bookmarking for when I need to blackmail him!
Barbara
May 23, 2011 at 5:25 pmYou naughty girl…and here I am trying to get those last 5 pounds off! I’ve never made donuts at home, but these look very doable. I’ll save the recipe!
Claire @ Un Bello Aperitivo
May 23, 2011 at 5:22 pmBeautiful doughnuts! I remember always eating those powdered sugar doughnuts from Entenmann’s; I’m sure yours are so much tastier than those! (Sometimes I question why my parents let me eat those, haha)
christine [the sugar apothecary]
May 23, 2011 at 4:54 pmI love my donut pan! Those look so, so good. Mmm. Cinnamon sugar is one of those things you just can’t help but love!
Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets
May 23, 2011 at 4:34 pmWe’re on the same page as I think cinnamon sugar belongs on most sweets ;p. These look yummmmy!
sweetlife
May 23, 2011 at 2:56 pmlove baked donuts!! ahh i longed for my parents to pick up something sweet for us on the weekend..no, nothing nada!! lol
sweetlife
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen
May 23, 2011 at 2:34 pmMy MIL would go crazy for these! Mmm! Now I just need a donut pan! LOL
Gen
May 23, 2011 at 1:51 pmYUM!!!! I looove making donut muffins…this recipe looks pretty close to mine! 😀
NancyC
May 23, 2011 at 1:30 pmYum! I love homemade donuts-I don’t have a donut pan, but I’ll try them in a muffin tin.
Maria @ Scandifoodie
May 23, 2011 at 8:00 amThese sound so heavenly, especially so when you’ve baked them instead of deep-fried!
Kate
May 23, 2011 at 12:19 pmDelish is all I have to say. These donuts look so tasty. How can anything dipped in butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar not be good?!
Jessica
May 23, 2011 at 11:50 amUmm. did you know that I am obsessed with donuts. They are right there underneath by NEED for cookies! This post is being saved, printed, copied and sent to everyone I know and I can’t wait to try them! DELICIOUS!
Blond Duck
May 23, 2011 at 11:04 amNew plan: I’ll eat these on the treadmill. Win!
Joanne
May 23, 2011 at 10:40 amI definitely used to LOVE it when my parents bought us bagels/donuts in the morning! Now I haven’t eaten either in….well. Years.
These donuts look delicious though! And they’re baked. Score.
Emily
May 23, 2011 at 7:21 amI think you know how i feel about doughnuts. These look amazing!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
May 23, 2011 at 6:22 amI love fresh donuts and the best way to get them fresh is to bake them yourself like this! 😀 Great idea using a muffin or cupcake pan too 🙂
Maureen
May 23, 2011 at 2:57 amWow.. I love cinnamon sugar donuts. So do my hips, let me know you some day. 🙂
I don’t have a donut pan and I guess I’ll have to order one from the states. Until then I’ll drool over your photos. Sorry.
Tara
May 23, 2011 at 2:08 amI need to get a donut pan. I could have so much fun with it! Cinnamon Sugar Donuts are amazing!!
Adrienne
May 23, 2011 at 2:03 amOMG soooo yum!!:)
Jamie | My Baking Addiction
May 22, 2011 at 11:58 pmI’m a sucker for any baked good that features cinnamon and sugar! Love that these are baked, they look perfect!
Sawsan@chef in disguise
May 22, 2011 at 8:28 pmOh I love donuts, especially if they have cinnamon in them but I have never attempted to make them at home.
I will try these as soon as possible with the risk of eating them all by myself
Vanessa
May 22, 2011 at 7:48 pmThese look so scrumptious Maris!! l ♥ the cinnamon and sugar combo. I dont have a doughnut pan, but I might need one now 🙂
Autumn @ Good Eats Girl
May 22, 2011 at 6:15 pmI need to make these…like now. My doughnut pan has been itching to be used again!
Simply Life
May 22, 2011 at 12:36 pmwow! these do look incredible! nice work!!!
Daryl
May 22, 2011 at 9:17 amwish I had one right now with my coffee!!!
chopinandmysaucepan
May 22, 2011 at 7:53 amI should remember making this when I’m in trouble with my wife 🙂
Betty @ scrambled hen fruit
May 22, 2011 at 5:34 amI remember those days when I could eat weekend treats and never even think about it. My uncles owned a bakery in the city and would bring loads of goodies to us each weekend. Nowadays though, I have to practice more willpower than I did in the good old days. These doughnuts would be very tempting! They look delicious. 🙂
yummychunklet
May 22, 2011 at 1:27 amHow delicious! I love Bella Cucina Artful Food. I just received their waffle cone maker in the mail this week. By the way, check out my blog for awards that I’ve handed out to you. Congrats!
Ruth
May 21, 2011 at 7:41 pmOooh! I can never resist cinnamon sugar – and on donuts! Bring it on!
Sharlene
May 21, 2011 at 10:34 pmI really need a donut pan but your idea of muffin tins sounds delicious too!
A plum by any other name
May 21, 2011 at 6:42 pmI don’t know what’s more impressive … that you make making donuts sound easy or that they look so amazing. Either way I’m inspired.
Bee
May 21, 2011 at 6:26 pmYumm… homemade donuts are sooo good. Not something I’ve tried to make before, but I definitely want to!
Susan
May 21, 2011 at 6:19 pmI’ve never tried making donuts because I thought they had to be deep-fried. I’ll have to try this recipe – they look delicious!
Cristina
May 21, 2011 at 6:11 pmI luv that these donuts are baked instead of fried. Fantastic sugary/cinnamon goodness! =)
Courtney
May 21, 2011 at 5:39 pmSo, I’m a little older than a twenty-something and am just learning to cook. Your website is a terrific resource for easy meals (and snacks)! Thanks! Oh, and these donuts look fabulous!
Nelly Rodriguez
May 21, 2011 at 4:52 pmBaked doughnuts are like…health food! Cause they’re baked, duh. I need some healthy snacks, so I will be making these today or tomorrow. Thanks!
Jennifer
May 21, 2011 at 2:17 pmI didn’t know I could just use a muffin pan. Good plan… I’ll let you know how it goes if I give it a try!
Tasha
May 21, 2011 at 1:02 pmIn my house growing up, my dad used to go pick up donuts some weekend mornings for a special treat too. It was made even more exciting when I got to go with him and help pick out the flavors. While I’ve pretty much avoided donuts most of my adult life, these sound awfully good with their cinnamon sugar coating!
Erica
May 21, 2011 at 1:00 pmI have never been a big donut fan, but the cinnamon goodness on these might change my mind! What a treat!!!