Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins are sweet and delicious, with a spiced soft donut texture dipped in butter and coated with cinnamon sugar.

I love easy kid friendly dessert recipes like Easy Banana Bread, Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, and Cake Mix Cookies, and these cinnamon sugar donut muffins are a huge hit with kids and adults alike!

This donut muffin recipe is super simple and has a fast baking time so you don’t have to wait forever to enjoy your muffins. They’re great for grabbing on the way out the door for a quick breakfast (if you want them to be completely mess free make them with icing instead of cinnamon sugar), or you can enjoy them with some coffee for a sit-down brunch with your friends.

Donut Icing is easy enough, you can find a good recipe on my Baked Cinnamon Roll Donut Recipe!

If you love donuts and muffins equally, there’s a way that you don’t have to pick one. Make yourself some yummy Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins, and I’m sure you’ll have a new family favorite on your hands. If you love brunch pastries, you should also try Krispy Kreme Glazed Donuts and Apple Fritter Rings.

You can serve these muffins still warm from the oven or enjoy them chilled from the fridge, they’re just as delicious either way. I would recommend trying them with fairly strong coffee, since the nutmeg and cinnamon on top of them compliments the bitter flavor really well.

HOW TO MAKE CINNAMON SUGAR DONUT MUFFINS

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.
  
• In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients, sugar, milk, egg, and melted butter until combined.
• Fill 10 of the muffin tins 2/3 of the way full.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
  
• Combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
• After muffins have cooled enough to handle, dip each muffin top in melted unsalted butter, then in the cinnamon sugar mixture.

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VARIETIES OF CINNAMON SUGAR DONUT MUFFINS

• Spices: If you want a more complex flavor on the top of your muffins, you can add a dash of nutmeg, brown sugar or vanilla extract to the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
• Mini Muffins: Divide the batter into a mini muffin tin for adorable little muffins that make perfect, sharable coffee snacks. You can also experiment with different toppings on a single batch.
• Dessert: Just like a cupcake, you can serve up these muffins with a side of ice cream for a delicious, sweet dessert. A scoop or two will do you though, since the muffin is so sugary to begin with.
• Apple Cider: Swap your milk for apple cider to make these a fall themed donut, they’re DELICIOUS this way!

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

“Muffin” is a weird word, and *nothing else really sounds like “donut,” so where do these words come from? Here’s some fun trivia to tell the kids while you eat these donut muffins together.

• Muffin: The first time the word was ever written down was 1705 and it was spelled “moofin.” People aren’t really sure where the word came from, but it may be from the French word “moufflet,” which means a bread that is soft. It may have also come from the German word “muffe,” which refers to a small cake.
• Donut: The name comes from “dough nut,” which the author Washington Irving first wrote down in his 1809 cook “The History of New York.” What he was describing was a pastry called an “oliebol” (which literally means “oil ball”), a traditional dutch pastry. About a century later, another author named George W. Peck first wrote the word “donut” in a short story he called “Peck’s Bad Boy and his Pa.” 

HOW LONG ARE CINNAMON SUGAR DONUT MUFFINS GOOD?

• Serve: Your muffins will stay good at room temperature for up to 3 days before they get really stale. 
• Store: You can keep extra muffins in the fridge for up to 1 week. After that, they will get too mushy and loose a lot of flavor.
• Freeze: If kept in an airtight container you can keep these muffins for up to 3 months.

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Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins are sweet and delicious, with a spiced soft donut texture dipped in butter and coated with cinnamon, butter.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Keyword Cinnamon Sugar, Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins, Donut Muffins

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 10 Servings

Calories 177 kcal

Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter , melted
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 cup whole milk
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Donut Muffin Topping

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray a muffin tin with baking spray.

2. In a large bowl add the sugar, melted butter, egg, cinnamon, nutmeg and milk, whisking it well together.

3. Add in the flour and baking powder and whisk until just combined.

4. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.

5. Stir together sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and melt remaining butter in a second bowl.

6. Once muffins are done baking let them cool for 10 minutes, then dip the tops in melted butter, then in cinnamon sugar mixture.

Nutrition Facts

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins

Amount Per Serving

Calories 177 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Fat 8g12%

Saturated Fat 5g31%

Cholesterol 21mg7%

Sodium 6mg0%

Potassium 58mg2%

Carbohydrates 26g9%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 17g19%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 251IU5%

Calcium 31mg3%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.