CINNAMON DONUT MUFFINS
If you are a donut fan, you must try this recipe! These muffins are so easy to make and have excellent reviews.
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❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
We love how easy they are to make and how much they taste like a donut. The cinnamon sugar is wonderful, and the reviews are amazing. Perfect for a weekend morning, Sunday brunch or for any breakfast. If you are a fan of cinnamon sugar donuts, add this recipe to your list.
SWAPS
We make this recipe with buttermilk but you can use milk. You will find that in a lot of our baking recipes we like to use buttermilk. It adds more fat to the recipe and keeps these donuts moist and light. You can use milk, and some people in the comments have used dried buttermilk and said it worked very well. We always encourage people to try things on their own and you can read the comments to see what has worked for others.
CAN I USE A BUTTERMILK SUBSTITUTE?
Yes, you can use a buttermilk substitute but it will not add the extra fat content you get from actual buttermilk. Here is the recipe for the substitute.
⭐TIP
You can half this recipe if you would like, we did that recently and made 7 muffins. So that is an option if you only want to make a few.
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Just made these muffins..
They are great! love cinnamon doughnuts and these did not disappoint. I hope the elderly couple I made these for love them as much as I do. I can see making these often. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
STORING, REHEATING & SERVING SIZE
We store these in an airtight container and heat them up quickly in the microwave. This recipe makes about 18 muffins.
Cinnamon Donut Muffins
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Ingredients
- 1 1/2 sticks butter or 12 tablespoons or 3/4 cup softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 1/4 cups of milk or buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Ingredients for Dip for Muffins
- 1 stick butter melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Using mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs and continue mixing. Add remaining ingredients and mix until you have a smooth batter.
- Spray a 12 cup muffin pan and fill each cup 3/4 full. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 35 minutes or until browned. Remove and let cool. Makes about 18 muffins depending on size you make them.
Instructions for Dip
- You will need two bowls for dipping. Melt the butter in one bowl and mix the cinnamon and sugar in the other bowl. When the muffins are cool enough to handle, dip in butter and then in cinnamon mixture.
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I made these cinnamon donut muffins back in July and they were delicious. I even used milk and buttermilk for added moisture. I also added applesauce to the batter. I did not dip all the muffins because I knew not everyone likes the cinnamon sugar topping. Overall, I would recommend this recipe to everyone.
My family loved the muffins,next time I might put chopped apples in the batter!!
So glad they were a hit!
They sound like they will be delicious! Are they like cinnamon sugar cake donuts (I have always loved those!)? I have some silicon muffin pans, but they don’t seem to hold as much as my Wilton muffin pan. Do you think the recipe would make two dozen in the smaller silicon pans?
I have no idea, I have never used a pan like that. They are like the cake donuts!
I first made this recipe 2018. I used to send these on the volleyball bus with my daughters. I always sent enough for all three teams! Surely, I couldn’t send something this fantastic, and not share.
They are easy peasy, scrumptious, moist, and go well with fresh fruit, and frozen gogurt (other goodies I always sent). Clearly, the recipe doubles/triples/quadruples easily.
We lived in a rural area, where many were struggling to make ends meet. I had extra, and wanted to “be the village” for kids who needed a snack. Plus, some bus rides to matches were 2-3 hours long.
The girls would get so excited when they saw my Tupperware full of these goodies, arrive to school with my cherubs.
I love that these are baked, not deep fried, and still taste like a donut. Brilliant recipe.
Oh my Reese! Thank you so much for sharing! I just love this so much and we are thrilled you love this recipe. We made them again yesterday and agree.. they are wonderful!
These are absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!! I used a brush to brush the butter on before putting it in the cinnamon sugar – and that worked really well! I felt like I could ensure the butter would be consistent, that way. My son ate one and then immediately asked if he could have another one!
These muffins are SO DELICIOUS! They are easy to make and everyone loved how moist they were. I’ll be making them again!! One note – they only needed to bake for 25 mins, not 35 mins.
So good and easy to make! Will be making these again! Taste like donuts!
I made these because baking has become my thing during Covid. Everyone loved them!
I was wondering if you could bake them in advance? I think my family would love these for after Thanksgiving.
Glad they were a hit! I’ve never baked them in advance but I’m sure you could.
Do you dip the whole cupcake or just the top??
I did the whole muffin.
Great recipe was delicious my family enjoyed thank you for sharing
WOW – So easy and delicious….Made mini/one bite size! They are beautiful – great recipe.
What an awesome and easy recipe. Tastes delicious, this is my go to recipe for the kids, they all love it.
Thank you for a great recipe.
So glad you enjoy this one, we love it too!
Haven’t made these muffins yet but will do so VERY soon.
Just now finished making these. DELICIOUS! MOIST!! Not as Brown as in the picture but very very good. Thanks for the recipe.
You’re very welcome!So glad you enjoyed this recipe. Have a wonderful weekend.
Could these be baked in a loaf pan as you would a quick or sweet bread? Do you happen to have a recipe for old fashioned Apple Stack Cake? My mother used to make them but as she never measured anything, as good ole country cooks have a tendency to do lol, I never got that recipe from her. Thanks so much for this great website and creating this cooking community. I usually check it every day to see if you have anything new and just love the new newsletter! You and your daughters do a fantastic job.
Hi Lisa, I have not tried these in a loaf pan but see no reason why you couldn’t do it that way. Thank you so much for your kind comment. We are so happy to have you on our site and happy you enjoy the recipes. I am giving you a link to some Kentucky recipes that people posted on my site when we had Kentucky day a while back. If you click on this link and look down to the second recipe it is for stack cake. I don’t have one that I have done on here. I hope this helps you and thanks again. https://thesouthernladycooks.com/kentucky-recipes/
Can I replace the sugar with Splenda as my husband is a diabetic?
Yes, I think you could but have not tried it, Glenda.
Can I use 1% milk instead of homogenized
Yes, I think it would work Linda but have not tried it.
do these freeze well
Do you use liquid or powder butter
milk????
I always use liquid buttermilk.
I made these a few nights ago and used the powdered buttermilk. They came out awesome! OMG are these good! Thank you for the recipe I’m afraid to make them again as they were all gone in two days by just my husband and myself! Absolutely delicious!
Can you replace the egg for anything? My son is allergic.
I only make it with the egg. Sorry, I don’t know what would replace it in this recipe.
try 1/4 cup applesauce with additional 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
QUESTION :
It said one stick of BUTTER …. What the measurement is that?
That is 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons.
can you still make these if you don’t have buttermilk?
Yes, you can or you can make your own buttermilk by adding 1 tablespoon white vinegar or 1 tablespoon lemon juice to just under 1 cup of milk then add milk to make one cup. Let stand 5 minutes and use in place of buttermilk.
Just made these Cinnamon Doughnut Muffins. They are great! love cinnamon doughnuts and these did not disappoint.I hope the elderly couple I made these for love them as much as I do. I can see making these often. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
So happy you like them Patricia and hope your friends like them, too. Have a great weekend.
They loved them!
Great, Patricia!
April 30,,2014. I am definitely going to try these today. Thank you for the receipe . AJ. Lake Elsinore, Ca.
Just saw this post from a friend and it sounds so good! Will definitely make these!! 🙂
I made these into mini muffins. I got 38 mini muffins with this recipe. Our family LOVES this recipe! Thank You!
I’m going to try these with chocolate frosting on top
Can’t wait to try these, I want to try them in my donut pan. Thanks for sharing
I did not have any nutmeg, so I used 1/2 tsp of cinnamon in the batter. I also added 1 tsp of vanilla to the batter. For buttermilk, I used the 1 tsp of vinegar to milk trick. These were YUMMO!
I was able to get 18 muffins out of this
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Made these this afternoon in miniture, added an apple butter filling and a tart cream cheese frosting. perfect little dessert with coffee
do u have to use all purpose flour or can u use self rising???????
Yes, I think you could use self-rising.
I am sure these would be wonderful and plan to make them over the holidays.
What can I use in place of buttermilk?
That’s not something I have on hand.
Thanks!
You can check on Google search for a way to make buttermilk with regular milk.
1 cup of milk with 1 tsbp of vinegar let sit for 5 minutes and it can be used as an alternative to buttermilk 🙂
These are so light & fluffy – I cooked them only 30 min and found that in my pans I could make 18 instead of 12. Can’t wait to make them again!!!!
Made these today. Wonderful! Thanks
How about putting some cinnamon in the batter? Do you think that would be good or take away the donut taste??
I think it would be good Jessica but I am a cinnamon lover and can eat it out of the box. lol. I often add cinnamon to dough so I don’t think it could hurt it one bit.
I know how you feel! I’m also a cinnamon lover…the more the better! I’ll be giving it a try!
Made these this morning. Very very good!
I betting they are good,I’ll have to try when My 8 year old grand-daughter come some weekend …She loves to help cook or bake.And I’m loving every minute of it….We love all your recipes!! keep up with tne great stuff that you do…..Thank You MS Judy>>>>>>
Would this work with mashed banana added?
You can try it Karen.
Well, I’ll be darned. I was just contemplating making muffins to put in a container a friend used to bring me some chicken-vegetable soup. As my mama told me,” you always return the dish with something in it.” Since I have “a banana and a apple ” on the counter, why not put them in, grating the apple for a change.(I get carried away sometimes) Maybe I could jazz them up a little with cinnamon and sugar by shaking them up a bit in a bag, but I’ll have to use some butter to make it stick. Think I’ll check the computer. Bingo! Maybe make some mini muffins to sprinkle in. Got my work cut out for me. Thank you!
How many grams in a stick of butter?? In Australia we measure in grams. Thank you
Hi Lj, 113.5 grams in a stick.
I love your grandson’s nickname. I also love these muffins. Since I worked at a bakery ages ago in high school I lost my taste for donuts! These are the perfect replacement.