Donut Muffins

Sometimes you crave the sweet satisfaction of a cinnamon sugar donut, but don’t want the hassle of making actual donuts or the guilt of a trip to the donut shop. These incredible Donut Muffins deliver all the flavors you love about cake donuts in an easy-to-make muffin form. With their tender crumb, warm spices, and signature cinnamon sugar coating, these treats provide donut satisfaction with a fraction of the effort and calories.

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Why This Recipe Works

These donut muffins succeed because they replicate the dense, sweet characteristics of cake donuts through the use of proper ingredient ratios and technique. The combination of warming spices, tender crumb, and final coating of melted butter and cinnamon sugar creates an authentic donut experience. The muffin format makes them easier to achieve consistently than traditional donuts while providing portion control.

Donut Muffins Recipe Ingredients

Here’s a list of what you need:

• All-purpose flour – Provides structure and tender crumb characteristic of cake donuts
• Baking powder – Creates proper lift without the complexity of yeast
• Salt – Enhances all flavors and balances sweetness
• Ground nutmeg – Adds warm, aromatic spice essential to donut flavor
• Ground cinnamon – Provides classic warming spice for both batter and coating
• Egg – Adds richness, structure, and helps bind ingredients
• Vegetable oil – Creates tender texture and moist crumb
• Sugar – Sweetens batter and creates a coating mixture
• Milk – Provides moisture and helps create tender texture
• Butter – Used for coating hot muffins before cinnamon sugar application

How to Make Donut Muffins

1. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
   

   

2. In another bowl, combine egg, oil, sugar, and milk.
   

   

3. Add wet ingredient mixture to the dry ingredient mixture and stir until just combined.
4. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
5. Melt butter and set aside.
6. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside.
   

   

7. While muffins are still hot, dip them into melted butter and then in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Storage & Reheating Instructions

• Room Temperature Storage: Store in an airtight container lined with paper towels for up to 4 days. Add crackers to the container to maintain dryness
• Reheating Method: Wrap in foil and warm in a 350°F oven for 10 minutes to restore fresh-baked texture and aroma
• Freezing: Wrap each item individually in plastic wrap and freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw at room temperature before reheating

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