Baked Cinnamon Sugar Mini Doughnuts

In a bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the vanilla, egg, melted butter and buttermilk. Add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until thoroughly combined.

Spray a mini doughnut pan with nonstick cooking spray and fill each cavity about 2/3 full. Note that if you fill them more, the doughnuts will rise above the pan and look more like mini muffins than doughnuts. Bake in a preheated 350ºF oven for 10-11 minutes. The doughnuts will not be very brown but they should be springy to the touch. Allow them to cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before turning them out.

While they’re baking, prepare the coating. Combine the sugar with cinnamon in a bowl and have the melted butter ready in another bowl. Quickly dip each doughnut into the butter and then roll them around in the cinnamon sugar mixture.

This recipe makes 24 mini doughnuts.