Providing the candy magic of a cake doughnut minus all the trouble of frying, these doughnut bites are baked in your trusty muffin pan. Then they’re lined in melted butter earlier than an expensive roll in cinnamon-spiced sugar. The consequence? A crunchy-sweet exterior matched by a young, moist inside, similar to a doughnut.
Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnut Bites
Makes 12 servings
- ½ cup (110 grams) firmly packed gentle brown sugar
- 1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar, divided
- 1 giant egg (50 grams), room temperature
- ¾ cup (170 grams) unsalted butter, melted and divided
- 3 tablespoons (42 grams) vegetable oil
- 1½ teaspoons (9 grams) vanilla bean paste*
- 2¼ cups (281 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon (3 grams) kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon (2.5 grams) baking soda
- ½ teaspoon (1 gram) floor nutmeg
- 1¾ teaspoons (3 grams) floor cinnamon, divided
- 1 cup (240 grams) complete buttermilk, room temperature
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Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
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Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat brown sugar, ¼ cup (50 grams) granulated sugar, and egg at medium pace till lightened in coloration and effectively mixed, 1 to 2 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Add ¼ cup (57 grams) melted butter, oil, and vanilla bean paste; beat till effectively mixed, 1 to 2 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl.
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In a medium bowl, whisk collectively flour, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. With mixer on low pace, add flour combination to sugar combination alternately with buttermilk, starting and ending with flour combination, beating simply till mixed after every addition and stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter evenly amongst ready cups (about ¼ cup [about 70 grams] every). Firmly faucet pan on a kitchen towel-lined counter a number of instances to settle batter and launch any air bubbles.
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Bake till a picket choose inserted in middle comes out clear, 12 to 18 minutes. Let cool in pan for five minutes. Take away from pan, and let cool fully on a wire rack.
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In a small shallow bowl, place remaining ½ cup (113 grams) melted butter.
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In a medium shallow bowl, stir collectively remaining ¾ cup (150 grams) granulated sugar and remaining 1½ teaspoons (3 grams) cinnamon. Roll a doughnut in melted butter; roll in cinnamon sugar. Repeat with remaining doughnuts. Serve instantly.
