If you are looking for an easy muffin recipe, then look no further than these Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins! Baked in a mini muffin pan, the tops of the muffins are dipped in butter, then coated in a sweet cinnamon sugar mixture.
The best part about these cinnamon donut muffins is they taste as just as good as a donut, but are really easy to make without deep frying donuts!
This is a great weekday recipe to make and have on hand for weekday morning before sending the family off to work or school. And, they make a great addition to lunch boxes!
If you are looking for a deep fried treat, these Apple Fritter Donut Bites have a cinnamon sugar coating and they pair well with this delicious Salted Caramel Mocha Latte!
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Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins
You will need just a few simple ingredients to make this easy muffin recipe. As you will see, these pantry ingredients will come together to make a tasty morning treat!
This is an overview of the ingredients. See the recipe card below for amounts and instructions.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Granulated sugar
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Vanilla extract
- Greek yogurt
- Butter
- Ground cinnamon
Instructions
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Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl.
Mix together wet ingredients, then add dry ingredients and stir to combine.
Fill paper liners with muffin batter and bake.
Remove from oven and coat tops of muffins with butter and cinnamon sugar.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a standard 12 cup muffin pan with muffin liners. In a large bowl, whisk together all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, yogurt, sugar, oil, and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and mix with light strokes until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
- Divide muffin batter among the paper liners and bake for 12-15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in one or two of the muffins come out clean.
- While the muffins are baking, melt butter and place in a bowl just large enough to hold a muffin. In a small bowl, combine granulated sugar and ground cinnamon. Dip top of the muffins one at a time in the melted butter and then roll in the sugar mixture. Set on wire rack to dry.
Hint: dip the tops of muffins in the melted butter and cinnamon sugar mixture while the muffins are still warm.
Substitutions
This is a pretty basic recipe with simple ingredieints that you likely have in your pantry. Below are some substitutions for ingredients that can be made without affecting the out come of the recipe.
- Sour cream - instead of greek yogurt
- Smart Balance Margarine - if trying to keep healthy fats in your diet, use this in place of butter.
- Pumpkin spice - substitute pumpkin pie spice for the cinnamon.
Variations
Try these different ways of changing up this muffin recipe to your own liking!
- Mini muffins - use a mini muffin pan to make mini donuts coated in buttery cinnamon sugar!
- Apple filled - partially fill the muffin cup with muffin batter then add a tablespoon of apple pie filling before topping the muffin cup off.
- Cinnamon chip - stir a cup of cinnamon chips into the muffin batter before baking.
See this Coffee Cake Muffins Recipe filled with a cinnamon streusel mixture on my website!
Equipment
You will need mixing bowls, mixing spoons, rubber scraper, and a 12 cup pluse 6 cup muffin pan. (this recipe made 15 muffins for me). Parchment paper liners work great for this recipe a the muffin does not stick to the liner.
I highly recommend using ¼ cup scoop works great for equal portioning of the muffin batter into the muffin tin.
Storage
Room temperature: store the homemade muffins in an airtight container up to 4 days.
Freezer: baked muffins can be stored in a freezer safe container up to 3 months.
Reheat: warm thawed muffins in the in the oven at 350 degrees or for a few seconds in the microwave until warmed through.
Top tip
For a muffin bursting with cinnamon sugar flavor, make these mini doughnut style and bake in a mini muffin pan without paper liners. Toss warm mini muffins in the melted butter then coat entire muffin with cinnamon sugar mixture.
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Pairing
Other than serving with a hot cup of morning coffee, below are some other great ways to serve these cinnamon sugar donut muffins!
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Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins
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Ingredients
For the Muffin Batter
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup unsalted butter , melted
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a standard 12 cup muffin pan with muffin liners. In a large bowl, whisk together all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, yogurt, sugar, oil, and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients and mix with light strokes until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
- Divide muffin batter among the prepared muffin cups and bake for 12-15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in one or two of the muffins come out clean.
- While the muffins are baking, melt butter and place in a bowl just large enough to hold a muffin. In a small bowl, combine granulated sugar and ground cinnamon. Dip top of the muffins one at a time in the melted butter and then roll in the sugar mixture. Set on wire rack to dry.
eatme_delicious says
These look so good!
Marthe says
Crap.... I totally forgot about Taste and Create after returning home from Canada!! So stupid of me as I had already picked out a recipe to make (two actually) and have the ingredients laying around in the house.
Gonna make the recipe tomorrow and post it too, as I have my brothers birthdat dinner tonight.
Your Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins look delish, I have actually made these more than once!!
Stacy says
You had me at "Cinnamon Sugar Donut muffins"! Need I say more? Yummmmmmmmmmm!
gail says
Oh my goodness, I don't even know what to say!
Sara says
I can commiserate with your co-workers. If you take away treats like these muffins, people will get restless.