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Five round, powdered sugar-covered baked doughnut holes are stacked on a white doily atop a wooden surface lightly dusted with sugar.
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Healthier Cinnamon Baked Donut Holes Recipe

If you're craving something sweet, something baked, something like a doughnut... these healthier baked doughnut holes always satisfy.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time27 minutes
Servings: 30 servings
Calories: 40kcal
Author: Stephanie Wilson

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg

Cinnamon-Sugar Coating

  • 1 ½ tablespoons butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Optional Coating:

Powdered Sugar Coating

  • ½ cup confectioners' sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  • Prepare a doughnut hole pan or mini muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Cream together the oil, butter, sugar, brown sugar and egg. Add the vanilla and the milk; stir. Sift together the dry ingredients and add them gradually to the butter mixture. Combine thoroughly.
  • Fill the prepared tins ⅔ full with batter. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Cinnamon-Sugar Coating

  • While the doughnuts are baking, melt the butter for the topping and set aside. Add the sugar and cinnamon to a lunch-size paper bag.
  • While the doughnuts are still warm, dip first in the melted butter and then place 4 or 5 at a time in the paper bag with cinnamon-sugar. Shake the doughnuts, and place on a metal rack to cool... if you can wait that long!
    Five round, brown baked doughnut holes coated in sugar are partially visible inside a torn brown paper bag, resting on a metal cooling rack.
  • Additionally, I like to make a few coated in powdered sugar.

Powdered Sugar Coating

  • Place ½ cup of confectioners' sugar in a paper lunch-size bag. While the doughnuts are still warm, place 4-5 in the bag, close the top, and shake.

Notes

Often when I make these doughnut holes I skip the butter coating step on the Cinnamon-Sugar coating. It's only a preference because the cinnamon sugar does stick better by first dipping them into the melted butter.

Nutrition

Calories: 40kcal