Homemade Baked Cinnamon Mini Donuts with Maple Glaze
My kids love donuts, and usually talk my husband into buying them for breakfast a few Saturdays a month. My daughter and I recently found this cute little mini donut maker in the kitchen department in a major department store for $20, and I couldn’t resist buying it. I love that these donuts are cooked in the donut pan instead of fried, and that my kids can help me make their breakfast treats. This baked mini cinnamon donut recipe was super simple to make, the kids LOVED them, and they paired nicely with some caramelized onion scrambled eggs, twisted bacon, and crispy hash browns.
Homemade Baked Cinnamon Mini Donuts with Maple Glaze
Ingredients:
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
Maple Glaze:
- 2½ cups of powdered sugar
- ¼ cup real maple syrup
- 1 tbsp water, if needed
How to Make Homemade Baked Cinnamon Mini Donuts with Maple Glaze:
Prepare the donut batter by stirring the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
Whisk together the egg, vanilla, and milk, then gradually whisk in the oil.
Add to the dry mixture until combined.
Cook the donuts by heating the donut maker, then coat it with cooking spray.
Pour a bit of the batter into the center of each donut mold, making sure not to overfill.
Close the lid and cook for 2 minutes.
Carefully remove the donuts and place them on a wire cooling rack.
Prepare the maple glaze by whisking the powdered sugar and maple syrup together until smooth and creamy. Add water, if needed, to thin out.
Dip each donut top into the glaze and place it back on the rack.
Sprinkle the top with nonpareils if desired, then serve immediately. Enjoy.
Equipment
- Mini Donut Maker
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
Maple Glaze:
- 2½ cups of powdered sugar
- ¼ cup real maple syrup
- 1 tbsp water if needed
Instructions
- Prepare the donut batter by stirring the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- Whisk together the egg, vanilla, and milk, then gradually whisk in the oil.
- Add to the dry mixture until combined.
- Cook the donuts by heating the donut maker, then coat it with cooking spray.
- Pour a bit of the batter into the center of each donut mold, making sure not to overfill.
- Close the lid and cook for 2 minutes. Side Note: Cook according to your donut pan's instructions.
- Carefully remove the donuts and place them on a wire cooling rack.
- Prepare the maple glaze by whisking the powdered sugar and maple syrup together until smooth and creamy. Add water, if needed, to thin out.
- Glaze the donuts by dipping each top into the glaze and placing them back on the cooling rack.
- Sprinkle the top with nonpareils if desired, then serve immediately. Enjoy.
I went looking for a baked mini donut recipe but my mini pans are to go into the convention oven. Any one have an idea of how long they should bake?
I can't find the recipe booklet that came with them.
Try 400 degrees ten minutes and check adjust in 5 min inctement accordingly
These were so good!!! I just ate three…Want to try differnt glaze on them next time..
These were great! We have a mini donut maker too and the last recipe we tried was very bland. I added a little extra cinnamon plus about half a teaspoon of nutmeg, then skipped the glaze. The kids gobbled them up and I thought they were pretty good too. (I blogged it as well.) Thanks!
These were awesome! Light and fluffy. I will definitely make these again. I think it will be my go-to recipe for the mini donut maker now. Kids loved them and way better than the recipe that came with it. Instead of the glaze, I brushed them with melted butter and sprinkled with maple sugar and cinnamon. Really delicious. Try Trader Joes organic maple sugar! Thanks!!!
I scored my mini donut maker for $5 at the local thrift shop so it didn’t come with instructions/recipes. This worked out perfect for us! I did replace the cows milk with soy and I substituted 1 smashed banana in place of the egg (because we are a vegan household), my son LOVED them and they were so simple I will definitely be making them again! Even if you aren’t vegan I recommend the banana sub, it gave the donuts just a slight banana-y flavor that was wonderful! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!
Just made these, loved them, baked 4 min in mini donut maker. Perfect.
Which came first, the problem or the solution? Luckily it doesn’t matter.
Absolutely delic ! I substituted the regular flour with gluten free rice blend flour, water for milk and coconut oil for canola oil, came out Delicious! Added a lemon melted frosting as the glazz perfect for people with food allergies. Soy free, gluten free, dariy free.