Tessa's Recipe Rundown
Taste: These donuts have a lovely warm sweetness thanks to the cinnamon and maple, unlike some donuts (cough, Krispy Kreme, cough) that just taste sickly sweet.
Texture: Despite being baked from a batter, these donuts still manage to be light and fluffy.
Ease: VERY simple, much more simple than even the first step of any yeast-based donut recipe that requires deep frying.
Pros: Just as tasty as fried donuts.
Cons: They are best eaten the day they are baked, so no leftovers.
Would I make this again? I’ve already made these donuts twice!
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Even though I love the aroma and taste of cinnamon year-round, there’s nothing quite like that spiced sweetness in the fall. So these Maple Cinnamon Sugar Baked Donuts hit every mark for a delightful fall treat.
Not only are these Maple Cinnamon Sugar Baked Donuts a perfect fall treat, they are particularly fabulous for breakfast. The donuts themselves use yogurt instead of a ton of oil for richness, and maple syrup instead of refined sugar for sweetness. Then they’re dipped in cinnamon sugar for that burst of flavor and crunchy texture.
When Jared first bit into these he exclaimed, “These taste like breakfast!”
My favorite part about them is that they take just 30 minutes from start to finish. Of course, they don’t quite have the same amazing texture as yeast-raised donuts that are fried, but they’re so much quicker and easier. And no mess to clean up after!
You will need a donut pan to bake this recipe, which is less than $10 on Amazon!
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Ingredients
For the donuts:
- 1 cup (127 grams) all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 large egg
- 7 ounces (200 grams) plain yogurt
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 3 tablespoons real maple syrup
For the cinnamon sugar:
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Coat a 6-cavity donut pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In medium bowl stir together the egg, yogurt, vinegar, oil, and maple syrup.
- Make a hole in the center of the dry ingredients and pour the wet ingredients into the hole. Gently fold everything together until combined. The batter will be thick.
- Scoop batter into a piping bag or ziploc bag, snip a bottom corner with scissors, and squeeze out the batter evenly into a donut pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for a few moments and then flip over onto a cooling rack while still warm.
- In a small shallow bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon.
- Use a pastry brush the melted butter over the donuts then dip each donut in the cinnamon sugar mixture to coat. Serve soon after coating with cinnamon sugar mixture for best texture.
This post was originally published in September 2010.
I just discovered your wonderful blog! I happened across it via Tastespotting, looking for baked donut recipes!
I made these the other day and they came out beautifully! AND didn't last long at all =)
Thanks for sharing the recipe! Carly.
Amanda – I just took a look at your blog post about these donuts. It looks like you accidentally overfilled the donut pans. Too much batter could also be the reason why your donuts where mushy. Did you use a ziploc bag to distribute the batter like the recipe suggests? You have to be careful to not overfill and to wipe the edges around the donut pan clean so that there is a distinct donut-hole when they bake. Also, there is no sugar in the donuts themselves since the recipe calls for vanilla yogurt which is already sweetened. Hopefully this helps you out because I really enjoyed my donuts and they were anything but mushy!
just tried one and they are really mushyis there sugar in the batter and the cinnamon sugar mix?i must have done something wrong?
mine look awful, looks like a half of a donut
These look incredible! Two of my favourite flavours – maple & cinnamon. I love that they're baked – much healthier. Yay! Cant wait to make these 🙂
Heidi xo
Cornelius- Thank you for your sweet comment 🙂 I agree about the flavor combination! But then again… everyone has different taste preferences!
These look really yummy. I had no idea making donuts was so easy! (at least, you make it look easy enough…) We are definitely going to try this. I also love any excuse to buy a new kind of pan. And for the record, maple and cinnamon are a pretty classic, delicious flavor combination…
This is reason number ONE why I need a donut pan. To ring in fall with these beautiful donuts! Delicious.
Oh how I love donuts, especially maple-flavored ones! And I can't agree more about *some* being way too sweet. Gotta make these!
in our home, we LOVE doughnuts! and just yesterday, I received two mini doughnut pans. This recipe comes just in time for Sunday morning breakfast!
Doughnuts are an all time favourite. I have never baked them before but they sure do look good. I am bookmarking this fro sure. Lovely post….
What a great pic of the donuts. Glad you like them. Don't be afraid to add more maple syrup!