Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes Recipe | Drugstore Divas (2024)

Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes are so easy to make at home in a mini muffin pan. One batch and you’ll be hooked.

If you have a sweet tooth, check out our other dessert recipes.

We were watching Ozark recently, and (spoiler alert) Ben asks Ruth on a date. He asks her to dinner, then lunch, then a snack. And I said to Pete that if someone asked me on a snack date, I’d agree because I love snacks. Which is why I love these Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes.

So if you want to date me, just ask me out on a snack date.

Or don’t. Honestly. I’m married. And my husband loves my Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes.

That’s funny too because Pete generally doesn’t love sweets. He craves vegetables more than dessert. So he was praising these and I was taken aback. “Of course they’re delicious,” I said. “I’m really good at cooking and baking.”

“Yes,” he agreed with me. “But I usually don’t care about dessert.”

And then, not too long later, he popped another doughnut hole in his mouth.

Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes

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These were inspired by a similar recipe I saw on MerryAboutTown.com.

Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes Ingredients:

• 1/2 stick unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon real vanilla
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup all-purpose flour

Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes Coating Ingredients:

• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

How To Make Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes:

Pre-heat the oven to 375 F.

Melt the butter in the microwave.

Add the milk and vanilla to the melted butter. Stir until combined.

In a separate bowl, mix together the white sugar, nutmeg, baking powder, and flour. Slowly add them to the wet ingredients until they’re all combined.

Grease a 24-count muffin pan.

Use a melon baller to add a heaping scoop of mix into each cavity in the muffin pan. Don’t worry if the mix doesn’t stay round when it gets into the pan. When you add the coating, you won’t notice.

Bake for 15 minutes.

Remove the doughnut holes and set them on a wire cooling rack.

Melt the butter for the coating in a bowl.

In a separate bowl, mix together the white sugar and cinnamon.

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Coat the doughnut holes in the butter, then the cinnamon sugar mixture. Set them back on the wire cooling rack to cool completely.

These will last in an air tight container for up to a week.

If you want a variation, I also made these as powdered doughnuts. Instead of the cinnamon sugar mix, coat the doughnut holes in butter followed by powdered sugar (the full recipe calls for 2/3 cup of powdered sugar).

More Cinnamon Sugar Recipes:

If you love the combo of cinnamon and sugar, we have a few other recipes you’ll want to try. There’s our Elephant Ear Cookies, which are covered in cinnamon sugar before baking, and our Cinnamon Rolls, which are a classic cinnamon sugar recipe.

Did you make this Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Holes recipe? Let us know how it went in the comments.

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