My cooking gadget addiction strikes without warning.  Standing in Michaels one day, supposedly JUST browsing with NO intention of buying anything when BAM!  I became the proud & puzzled owner of a donut hole pan.  Yes, a donut hole pan.  I have 4 or 5 mini-muffin tins that would do the trick, but nooo, in a moment of weakness, I bought one.  I already own donut pans, which in my defense, I justify by saying baked donuts are much better for you than fried ones…  Which would be fine except I RARELY eat donuts much less make them from scratch.

Just another excuse to feed my gadget addiction.

Opportunity Knocks

The pan stayed in my cabinet, forgotten, until recently.  After Head of the Charles in Boston, we decided to take a side trip to Vermont to see the Fall colors.   Really, we were actually in search of pie.  We stayed at a cute little B&B, the Trumbull House Bed and Breakfast in Hanover.  Each morning, we were served a delicious basket of baked goods. Their Donut Hole Muffin in the basket was a standout, buttery, tender with a nice crunch from the cinnamon sugar coating that covers the ENTIRE muffin.

See, there was a reason I bought a donut hole pan. LOL.  So without further ado, here is the recipe for Donut Hole Muffins courtesy of the Trumbull House in Hanover Vermont.  These are really easy.  There aren’t any eggs in the recipe if you were wondering.  If you use your donut hole pan (doesn’t everyone have one?) and it has a dark finish, decrease the temperature to 350 degrees.  I baked them for approximately 12-14 minutes.  Test early, 20 minutes might be too long.  You can bake these in mini-muffin tins or in a regular-sized muffin tin.  Increase the baking time for the regular-sized tin to 20-25 minutes.

You’ll love these.

Put them on your muffin or donut bucket list.

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Donut Hole Muffins

Delicious BAKED Donut Holes

Course desserts

Cuisine American

Keyword baked donuts, cinnamon sugar, donut holes

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes minutes

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon ground mace

Wet Ingredients

• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup butter melted
• 1/2 cup milk

Topping

• 1/4 cup butter melted
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 mini-mu!in cups or DONUT HOLE PAN
• Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and mace in a large bowl.
• Stir in the milk. Stir flour and baking powder together and add to milk mixture. Stir until just combined. Fill the prepared mini muffin cups or DONUT HOLE PAN about half full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are lightly golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
• While muffins are baking, place melted butter in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together 1/2 cup of sugar with the cinnamon.
• Remove muffins from pan while warm, dip each mu!in in the butter and roll in the sugar-cinnamon mixture.
• Let cool and serve.