🍩🧁 Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins
These taste like a baked donut crossed with a soft muffin—warm cinnamon flavor, fluffy inside, and coated in buttery cinnamon sugar.
🛒 Ingredients (makes ~12 muffins):
Muffins:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup milk
- ⅓ cup melted butter (or neutral oil)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon sugar coating:
- ½ cup melted butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1–2 tsp cinnamon (to taste)
👩🍳 Instructions:
1. Preheat oven
Set to 350°F (175°C). Grease a muffin tin or line with paper liners.
2. Mix dry ingredients
In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and sugar.
3. Mix wet ingredients
In another bowl, whisk eggs, milk, melted butter, and vanilla until smooth.
4. Combine
Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients until just mixed. Don’t overmix.
5. Bake
Fill muffin cups about ¾ full.
Bake for 15–18 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let cool slightly (important for coating).
6. Coat in cinnamon sugar
- Dip warm muffins in melted butter
- Roll in cinnamon sugar mixture until fully coated
🍽️ What they taste like:
- 🍩 Like a bakery-style cinnamon donut
- 🧁 Soft, fluffy muffin texture
- 🍯 Buttery, sweet cinnamon crust
🔄 Variations:
- 🍎 Add diced apples for apple-cinnamon donut muffins
- 🍫 Add mini chocolate chips
- 🍌 Add mashed banana for extra moisture
- 🧀 Fill center with cream cheese for surprise “donut filling”
💡 Tips:
- Coat muffins while slightly warm so sugar sticks well
- Don’t overbake or they’ll dry out
- Use melted butter (not oil) for best donut-like flavor
If you want, I can also give you a baked donut pan version, air fryer donut muffins, or a bakery-style glazed donut muffin recipe.