This Doughnuts recipe is perfect to make simple cinnamon-flavored Eggless Baked Mini Donuts that everyone will love!
Eggless Baked Mini Donuts
Doughnuts / Donuts are one of the simple breakfasts that you can find in all the breakfast joints. In fact, there are countless donut varieties with yummylicious toppings. But instead of fried donuts how to baked donuts without any yeast and eggs?
Sounds great huh? Most noteworthy, I can assure you that it tastes great too.
So today I am sharing two types of baked donuts – one with butter cinnamon sugar topping and the other one with maple syrup topping.
In simple words, donuts are flour based desserts that are deep fried. They are ring-shaped with or without holes and mostly cover with toppings. According to the wiki, Doughnuts have a disputed history. One theory suggests they were invented in North America by Dutch settlers, and in the 19th century, doughnuts were sometimes referred to as one kind of oliekoek (a Dutch word meaning “oil cake”), a “sweetened cake fried in fat.
Doughnuts Recipe Origins
I am not sure why I picked recipes that have these disputed origins. In the same wiki article, I read that Spanish doughnuts are called as “rosquilla” which is fried or baked in an oven. So that’s when I decided to go with Baked Doughnuts and to put this under the country “Spain.” The rosquilla or the Spanish doughnuts have simple sugar cinnamon coating with citrus flavor. As I kiddo doesn’t prefer the citrus flavor, I skipped that and went with plain doughnuts with sugar and cinnamon filling.
There were tons of recipes to follow from but when I found Ina Garten’s I didn’t search any further. :-) So I followed her recipe but replaced eggs with egg replacer and also adjusted the measurements. In fact, the mini doughnut pan that I bought for preparing some Easter based chocolate recipes last year came in handy. You can use mini doughnut pan or regular doughnut pan for this recipe.
Doughnuts Recipe Varieties
I did not plan to make two varieties of donuts. Kiddo who was helping me with the video shoot asked me to fill the donut holes completely and see what shape we get. After the first batch, I thought of giving it a try. And we got these cute little donuts with one side covered and another side with a tiny hole, perfect to fill it with liquid toppings. I, being the maple syrup lover filled it up with maple syrup and gobbled a few immediately.
So kiddo tried it with jam. (I know it’s a different combo). In fact, I am glad we had a couple after baking because M took these mini doughnuts to work and came back with an empty container. :-)
Eggless Baked Mini Donuts | Doughnuts Recipe
Before getting into the recipe, here is the recap.
Recap before the recipe:
- 2015 | Day 4 – Carrot Cake
- 2016 | Day 4 – Dindigul Thalappakatti Biryani
- 2017 | Day 4 – D | Doughnuts
And finally here is the donut making video. Thanks to Vaandu for helping me with the shoot. :-) Check out the printable recipe below.
Ingredients:
For the Donuts:
- All-purpose flour – 1 cup
- Sugar – ¾ cup
- Baking Powder – 1 tsp
- Cinnamon Powder – ½ tsp
- Grated / Ground Nutmeg – ¼ tsp
- Salt – ¼ tsp
- Egg Replacement Powder – 1 tbsp
- Water – 3 tbsp
- Milk – ½ cup
- Melted Butter – 1 tbsp
- Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp
- Cooking spray / Baking spray as required
For the Toppings:
- Maple Syrup – as required
- Butter – 2 to 3 tbsps
- Sugar – ¼ cup
- Cinnamon Powder – ¼ tsp
Other Equipment – Mini Doughnut Pan.
Prep – Work:
- Mix ¼ cup of sugar with ¼ tsp of cinnamon and set aside for the topping.
- In addition, mix 1 tbsp of egg replacement powder with 3 tbsps of water and stir well and make sure there aren’t any lumps.
Steps:
- In a mixing bowl, sieve the dry ingredients (APF, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon powder).
- If using ground nutmeg, add it directly, if not grate about ¼ tsp.
- Next, mix the dry ingredients nicely and set aside.
- Now in a separate bowl, combine the wet ingredients. (Milk, vanilla extract, egg replacer mix)
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients together and mix them well. Using a whisk bring them all together and make sure there aren’t any lumps.
- Grease the pan with flour based cooking spray.
- Then spoon the batter into the baking pans, filling each one a little more than half full.
- Preheat the oven to 350 deg F.
- Bake for 17 minutes at 350 deg F, until a toothpick, comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes, and then tap the doughnuts out onto a sheet pan.
- For the second batch, I filled the holes more than three-quarters full and baked for the same time.
Toppings:
- Melt the butter and set aside in a small bowl.
- Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Dip each doughnut first in the butter and then in the cinnamon sugar, either on one side or both sides
- For the other one, just fill the holes with maple syrup.
That’s it. Yummy donuts are ready.
Notes:
- You can add two tsps. Orange zest or lemon zest for the citrus flavor.
- The original recipe calls for one egg for this measurement. If you are using egg replacer, you can follow the instructions that are provided on the cover. As I didn’t want to change the donut flavor, I went with egg replacer powder. But you can use flax meal as replacer too.
- Finally, mix and match the toppings as per your preference.
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Doughnuts Recipe | Eggless Baked Mini Donuts + Recipe Video
Ingredients
For the Donuts:
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Cinnamon Powder
- ¼ tsp Grated / Ground Nutmeg
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Egg Replacement Powder
- 3 tbsp Water
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 tbsp Melted Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Cooking spray / Baking spray as required
For the Toppings:
- 4 tbsp Maple Syrup as required
- 3 tbsps Butter
- ¼ cup Sugar
- ¼ tsp Cinnamon Powder
Other Equipment - Mini Doughnut Pan
Instructions
Prep - Work:
- Mix ¼ cup of sugar with ¼ tsp of cinnamon and set aside for the topping.
- Mix 1 tbsp of egg replacement powder with 3 tbsps of water and stir well and make sure there aren't any lumps.
Steps:
- In a mixing bowl, sieve the dry ingredients (APF, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon powder).
- If using ground nutmeg, add it directly, if not grate about ¼ tsp.
- Mix the dry ingredients nicely and set aside.
- Now in a separate bowl, combine the wet ingredients. (Milk, vanilla extract, egg replacer mix)
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients together and mix them well. Using a whisk bring them all together and make sure there aren’t any lumps.
- Grease the pan with flour based cooking spray.
- Then spoon the batter into the baking pans, filling each one a little more than half full.
- Preheat the oven to 350 deg F.
- Bake for 17 minutes at 350 deg F, until a toothpick, comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes, and then tap the doughnuts out onto a sheet pan.
- For the second batch, I filled the holes more than three-quarters full and baked for the same time.
Toppings:
- Melt the butter and set aside in a small bowl.
- Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Dip each doughnut first in the butter and then in the cinnamon sugar, either on one side or both sides
- For the other one, just fill the holes with maple syrup.
- That’s it. Yummy donuts are ready.
Video
Notes
- You can add two tsps. Orange zest or lemon zest for the citrus flavor.
- The original recipe calls for one egg for this measurement.
- If you are using egg replacer, you can follow the instructions that are provided on the cover.
- As I didn't want to change the donut flavor, I went with egg replacer powder. But you can use flax meal as replacer too.
- Mix and match the toppings as per your preference.
Nutrition
I am not a nutritionist. The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. It varies depending upon the product types or brands.
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Where can I get egg replacement powder
I got mine from Safeway I think. Amazon has it as well.
How to store them and their shelf life?
You can refrigerate them for up to 4 days. I haven’t tried beyond that. Ziploc or any airtight containers should do. Thanks
Mini baked doughnuts looks super cool. Love all the toppings.
Thank you :-)
wow!! looks like you opened a shop for doughnuts!! so many variations… loved it…
he he… Thanks Ruchi
Baked Donuts looks so good.. I am bookmarking this recipe!!
:-) Thanks Sharmila.
How cool and guilt free na, baked mini donuts looks absolutely cute and damn addictive. Wish i get some rite now from you.
I wish I could send some now. Thanks a lot Priya.
Vidhya, your donuts look so soft and fluffy. Perfect pick for letter D.
Thanks Pavani.
excellent donuts, super cute and beautiful texture.Want to pick just one off the screen.
:-) Thank you so much Vaishali.
Doughnuts have been on my todo list for so long! Everytime I want to make these, it gets postponed..your video and the recipe looks and sounds so good..
Thanks a lot Valli. Same case with me too. Wanted to try it for a long time and finally took this BM as an opportunity.
These mini donuts look so cute! Your pics are absolutely drool worthy!
Thanks Sowmya…
Wow these look amazing and perfect! The orange glaze one is calling out to me.. yummy!
Thanks Namratha.. yeah got to try these donuts with that. :-)
These doughnuts are looking so beautiful. Love the clicks and now I need to get hold of the egg replacer soon. I am bookmarking this
:-) Thank you
such beauties you have baked VIdhya..they look so skillfully made, loved it
Thanks for your kind words.
Such a fantastic recipe. Vidhya. Whenever I see the mini doughnut pan in the store aisles, I am tempted to buy it :)
Thanks much Harini.
Loved your video Srividhya! The donuts look amazing and they are simple to make when we are baking them. I prefer these guilt free version much better than the deep fried ones. Bookmarking the recipe :)
Yeah me to prefer this guilt-free ones. Thanks a lot Sandhya. Please do try these.
Baked doughnuts that’s great Vidya..guilt free eating, do send some
Sure will do. :-) Thanks Jayashree