Mini Donut Muffins

close up mini donut muffin dusted with cinnamon sugar

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These Donut Muffins are donuts disguised as mini muffins. Baked until tender, brushed with butter, then rolled in cinnamon-sugar, and bite-sized! You’ll need to show serious restraint to only eat a couple.

Prep Time20

Cook Time15

Coating10

Total Time45

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: mini donut muffins, mini muffins, snickerdoodle muffins

Servings: mini muffins

Ingredients

For the Muffins

3 cups all-purpose flour , spooned and leveled
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup whole milk , at room temperature
2 tablespoons buttermilk , at room temperature
10 tablespoons unsalted butter , at room temperature
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 large eggs , at room temperature

For the Cinnamon-Sugar Coating

1 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup unsalted butter , melted

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease and flour a 24-cup mini muffin tin.
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and baking soda.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the milk and buttermilk.
In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until just combined. With the mixer set on low speed, beat in one fourth of the dry ingredients. Then beat in one third of the milk mixture. Continue to alternate until all ingredients are incorporated, finishing with dry ingredients. (Do not over mix. The batter will be heavy, it’s ok.)
Fill the prepared muffin cups just to the rim with batter.
Bake until lightly golden and firm to the touch, 15-20 minutes. Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Remove the muffins from the tin and transfer to plate.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a resealable plastic bag.
Brush each muffin generously with melted butter. Then place a few muffins in the bag with the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Shake well to coat the muffins. Repeat.
Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Jelly Donut Muffins (variation) - After the muffins are coated with the sugar/cinnamon mixture, use a small pastry tip to make a hole in the bottom of each muffin. Fill the pastry bag with your favorite jam and gently squeeze into the muffin.

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