Baked Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 10 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 6 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg for 20 seconds, then put the bowl aside.
2. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, beat the butter with the sugar until the mixture looks a little lighter and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition, then mix in the vanilla.
3. Add half of the flour mixture and mix only until it disappears into the batter. Pour in 1/2 of the buttermilk and mix just until incorporated, then do the same thing again with the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl, then fold the batter a few times so everything is evenly blended.
4. Transfer the batter to a large piping bag with a medium round tip. Pipe it into greased mini doughnut pans, filling each cavity about 2/3 full.
5. Bake until a toothpick poked into the doughnuts comes out clean, about 7 – 9 minutes. Clean out the pan or pans and continue with the rest of the batter.
6. As the doughnuts bake, whisk the sugar and cinnamon together for the coating. While the doughnuts are still hot, roll them in the cinnamon sugar. Do this while they are hot so the coating sticks; if it needs a little help, lightly spray the doughnuts with vegetable oil spray before coating.
7. After the doughnuts have cooled, store them in an airtight container at room temperature.