Homemade Doughnuts
Delicious cinnamon and sugar baked doughnuts fresh out of the oven!
Equipment
- 1 doughnut pan
- 1 baking sheet
- 1 baking rack to put doughnuts on to cool
Ingredients
For the Doughnuts
- 1 Baking Spray with Flour Like Pam
- 2 cups flour all purpose
- 1½ cups sugar
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg extra large, lightly beaten
- 1¼ cup milk whole
- 2 tablespoons butter unsalted
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the Topping:
- 4 tablespoons butter (half a stick) unsalted
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray doughnut pans with baking spray with flour.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk together egg, milk, melted butter, and vanilla.
- Stir the wet mixture into the dry mixture, don’t over-mix.
- Spoon batter into prepared baking trays, filling each doughnut space 1/3 full.
- Bake for 17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes.
- While the doughnuts cool on the rack, melt butter in the microwave and make cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Dip the top of the doughnut in butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Serve immediately!
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Notes
These taste the best served warm with coffee or tea or a giant glass of milk.
You can add the topping to the underside as well but we felt that adding sugar and cinnamon to just the top was perfect!
Alternative toppings - powdered sugar, frosting with sprinkles, make a glaze and drizzle over the top.