Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
The softest, fluffiest baked cinnamon sugar donuts to make when you want light and fluffy donuts but without the hassle of deep frying.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 76 g Unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 50 g Brown sugar
- 25 g Granulated sugar
- 2 Egg (room temperature)
- 2 tablespoon Full fat Greek style yogurt (room temperature)
- 85 g All purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
- 30 g Unsalted butter (melted)
- 50 g Granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
Instructions
- 1
Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
- 2
Pre-heat oven to 175 C / 347 F (no fan)
- 3
In a large bowl, cream butter with the 2 different kinds of sugar with an Electric hand mixer for a few minutes until fluffy, mix in the eggs, and finally the yogurt.
- 4
Sift dry ingredients together (flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon) then fold into the wet ingredients by hand using a Rubber spatula). Do not use a mixer at this point.
- 5
Pipe or spoon the donut batter into the cavities of your donut mold.
- 6
Bake for 13-15 min or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- 7
Cinnamon sugar coating
- 8
Mix granulated sugar with the cinnamon.
- 9
Melt a small amount of butter and apply lightly but thoroughly all around the donuts then dump them in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- 10
Serve the donuts fresh. Any leftovers can be stored at room temperature in an air-tight container for 2-3 days.