The Art of Making Cinnamon Baked Donuts: A Recipe to Try at Home

Cinnamon baked donuts are a delightful treat that has been on my mind for quite some time, and I'm thrilled to share this recipe with you all. The best part? They're baked, not fried! This means no greasy kitchen or unhealthy guilt trip after indulging in these sweet treats. Plus, they're better for you than their fried counterparts.

To start, let's get the dry ingredients out of the way. I always use all-purpose flour and level it off with my hand. For this recipe, I'm using two cups of flour, which should give us a nice balance of texture and flavor. Next up is one and a half cups of sugar – that's about half a cup more than what you'd typically find in a donut recipe. Don't worry; the addition of sugar will enhance the overall sweetness without overpowering the other flavors.

Now it's time to add some leavening agents. I need two teaspoons of baking powder, which should help these donuts rise nicely and give them that light, fluffy texture we all love. Sifting these dry ingredients together is crucial; you want everything to be well combined so that our baked goods turn out as expected.

Of course, cinnamon is a staple in many recipes, including this one. I'm using just one teaspoon of ground cinnamon, which should provide a lovely warmth and depth without overpowering the other flavors. Half a teaspoon of nutmeg and half a teaspoon of salt round out these dry ingredients nicely. The aroma of cinnamon toast always reminds me of being a little kid when you're feeling under the weather – that's what your mother makes for you to make you feel better. I used to make cinnamon muffins in the store, but there's something special about cinnamon donuts.

Now it's time to move on to the wet ingredients. One and a quarter cups of whole milk should give us plenty of moisture without making these donuts too soggy or overpowering. Whisked-in extra large egg will help bind everything together beautifully. Two tablespoons of melted butter (which have cooled down slightly) are also necessary for added richness and tenderness.

Mixing the wet and dry ingredients is where things get really easy. Simply combine them in a measuring cup – I love using this technique because it allows me to measure out my ingredients precisely while still being able to stir everything together easily. A small whisk is one of my favorite tools; there's something so satisfying about watching all those ingredients come together.

For the vanilla, I'm using two teaspoons – that's my absolute favorite flavor! Mixing things in a measuring cup ensures that everything gets incorporated just right and allows me to mix at the same time as I measure. A little whisk is truly one of my favorite tools; there's something so satisfying about watching all those ingredients come together.

Now it's time to add our wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Pouring them in the middle of the measuring cup helps distribute everything evenly, and just stirring until everything comes together beautifully – you don't want to overmix these at all! It's a great point to note that mixing is similar to baking muffins: you need to stop once your batter has reached its desired consistency.

Once our mixture is done, it's time to pop those donuts into the oven. We're using little mini donut pans – they can usually be found in stores or ordered online if needed. Spooning the dough into these pans will give us perfectly round donuts with no need for pastry bags or deep fryers.

The baking time is 17 minutes at 350 degrees, which should yield a lovely golden-brown color and tender interior. While those are baking away in the oven, let's move on to preparing our cinnamon sugar glaze.

Cinnamon Sugar Glaze: The Final Touch

The glaze is an essential part of any donut experience – sweet and spicy, it elevates these treats from ordinary baked goods to truly special ones. I find a half-cup of sugar works beautifully for this recipe; adding just the right amount of sweetness balances out the other flavors.

Now, about that cinnamon: you can never have too much cinnamon, but there's a fine line between delicious and overpowering. Using half a teaspoon should give us the perfect balance of warmth without overwhelming our donuts. This is where patience comes in – mixing until everything dissolves smoothly creates a glaze with just the right consistency.

With our mixture complete, let’s pop those mini donuts into the pan and bake them to perfection. Once done baking, we simply melt some butter (because you can never have too much) and dip each donut into it quickly. This is where the magic happens – a light glaze forms on our baked goods without soaking them in excess.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso my idea is cinnamon baked donuts and the good news is they're baked not fried and they're so good so first i'm going to do the dry ingredients two cups of flour i always use all-purpose flour just level it off with your hand one and a half cups of sugar that should be about a half baking powder i need two teaspoons of baking powder you want them to be really light i'm just sifting this all together when i'm done combining it one teaspoon of ground cinnamon is a really good and they have a cinnamon sugar outside it's kind of like cinnamon toast jeffrey's gonna like these and half a teaspoon of nutmeg and half a teaspoon of salt i'm just going to sift these all together i don't know there's something about cinnamon toast that always reminds me of being a little kid when you're sick and that's what your mother makes you makes you feel better i used to make cinnamon muffins in the store but cinnamon donuts are even better so next the wet ingredients i've got one and a quarter cups of whole milk and i just whisked in one extra large egg i've got two tablespoons of butter that have melted and cooled just pour it together this is really easy it's just wet ingredients dry ingredients combine them two teaspoons of good vanilla my favorite favorite flavor i always mix things in a measuring cup because then you can measure and mix at the same time and a little whisk is one of my favorite things okay wet ingredients dry ingredients just combine them so i'm just going to pour this right in the middle and then just stir them i love this recipe because you don't have to fry the donuts and not to mention it's better for you than fried donuts but in fact you don't end up with grease all over the kitchen so this is going to go into a baking pan and they're just baked in the oven so good okay just stir this just enough it's kind of like muffins you don't want to over mix it just until all the ingredients are wet and there are no lumps i can smell the cinnamon and nutmeg it's fantastic okay that's done so baking pans so these little mini donut pans you can usually find them in a store but if you can't you can get them online and i'm just gonna spoon it into these pans and they come out looking like the most perfect donuts you don't need a pastry bag you don't need a deep fryer just fill them with a spoon so these are going to bake 350 degrees for 17 minutes until they just spring back when they touch them and then i'm going to do a cinnamon sugar glaze for them oh they smell so good wow so the easiest way to get these out of the pan because you want to do it and have them in one piece is just kind of wrap them on the board a little bit and then turn them out and if you're lucky and i am they all came out melt some butter and then i'm going to make cinnamon sugar think about cinnamon sugar it has to be just the right combination you don't want it too sweet and you don't want too much cinnamon in it if there's too little it doesn't look like cinnamon sugar if there's too much it almost looks kind of burnt so i find a half a cup of sugar half a teaspoon of cinnamon is the perfect combination so the butter's melted perfect so this is what i do i take donut and just dip it really quickly into the butter you don't want to soak it in you just want to glaze it put it in the cinnamon sugar now how good does that look they look great i want one do i want one what a question they're baked they're not fried is it good youso my idea is cinnamon baked donuts and the good news is they're baked not fried and they're so good so first i'm going to do the dry ingredients two cups of flour i always use all-purpose flour just level it off with your hand one and a half cups of sugar that should be about a half baking powder i need two teaspoons of baking powder you want them to be really light i'm just sifting this all together when i'm done combining it one teaspoon of ground cinnamon is a really good and they have a cinnamon sugar outside it's kind of like cinnamon toast jeffrey's gonna like these and half a teaspoon of nutmeg and half a teaspoon of salt i'm just going to sift these all together i don't know there's something about cinnamon toast that always reminds me of being a little kid when you're sick and that's what your mother makes you makes you feel better i used to make cinnamon muffins in the store but cinnamon donuts are even better so next the wet ingredients i've got one and a quarter cups of whole milk and i just whisked in one extra large egg i've got two tablespoons of butter that have melted and cooled just pour it together this is really easy it's just wet ingredients dry ingredients combine them two teaspoons of good vanilla my favorite favorite flavor i always mix things in a measuring cup because then you can measure and mix at the same time and a little whisk is one of my favorite things okay wet ingredients dry ingredients just combine them so i'm just going to pour this right in the middle and then just stir them i love this recipe because you don't have to fry the donuts and not to mention it's better for you than fried donuts but in fact you don't end up with grease all over the kitchen so this is going to go into a baking pan and they're just baked in the oven so good okay just stir this just enough it's kind of like muffins you don't want to over mix it just until all the ingredients are wet and there are no lumps i can smell the cinnamon and nutmeg it's fantastic okay that's done so baking pans so these little mini donut pans you can usually find them in a store but if you can't you can get them online and i'm just gonna spoon it into these pans and they come out looking like the most perfect donuts you don't need a pastry bag you don't need a deep fryer just fill them with a spoon so these are going to bake 350 degrees for 17 minutes until they just spring back when they touch them and then i'm going to do a cinnamon sugar glaze for them oh they smell so good wow so the easiest way to get these out of the pan because you want to do it and have them in one piece is just kind of wrap them on the board a little bit and then turn them out and if you're lucky and i am they all came out melt some butter and then i'm going to make cinnamon sugar think about cinnamon sugar it has to be just the right combination you don't want it too sweet and you don't want too much cinnamon in it if there's too little it doesn't look like cinnamon sugar if there's too much it almost looks kind of burnt so i find a half a cup of sugar half a teaspoon of cinnamon is the perfect combination so the butter's melted perfect so this is what i do i take donut and just dip it really quickly into the butter you don't want to soak it in you just want to glaze it put it in the cinnamon sugar now how good does that look they look great i want one do i want one what a question they're baked they're not fried is it good you\n"