Sugar Doughnut Muffins

These sugar doughnuts are so easy to make and once they’ve cooled, you coat each doughnut in a flavored sugar of your choice. 

Oh yes, you read that right. These are doughnuts you can make at home in a mini-muffin tin. They’re baked, not fried, so you can feel a little less guilty.

Even though I grew up in glazed Krispy Kreme country, I do love a good sugar doughnut. I had an amazing experience at Federal Donuts when I visited Philadelphia last summer.

Sometimes I catch myself daydreaming about Federal’s sugar doughnuts, and I’ve been dying to try to recreate them at home.

I have since made these a few times, trying out a few different sugars. This time, I went with lavender, cinnamon, lemon zest and powdered sugar.

These bite-size doughnuts would be the perfect party snack for a bridal or baby shower or for a make-ahead breakfast treat. This is a recipe I want to play with again and again.

Other muffin recipes to try:

If it’s that time of year and you want to pumpkin spice it up, take a look at these Pumpkin Spice Doughnut Muffins!

Hungrier than you think? Try some of these larger muffin recipes of mine. Orange Poppy Seed Muffins are lovely.

These Chai Spice Streusel Muffins are to die for. As well as these Fig, Onion and Honey Muffins.

// susannah

Sugar Doughnut Recipes to Try:

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CINNAMON SUGAR

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

1. Add both ingredients to a small bowl and mix well. Before using, use a fork to squash any large clumps.

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LAVENDER SUGAR

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon culinary lavender OR 1-2 drops lavender extract
• Food color (optional)

Instructions

1. Add sugar and lavender to a small bowl and mix well.
2. Add one drop red food color and one drop blue food color to a 1/4 cup water. Add 1/2 teaspoon of the colored water to the sugar. Mix well.
3. If using the lavender extract or food color, let sugar sit until dry, stirring occasionally.
4. Before using, use a fork to squash any large clumps. Sift out the lavender pieces and any remaining clumps.

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LEMON ZEST SUGAR

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 lemon, washed and dried
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• Food color (optional)

Instructions

1. Add sugar to a small bowl. With your hands, hold the lemon over the bowl and rub the sugar into the skin of the lemon to enhance the flavor. Then, zest the lemon and add 1/2 teaspoon of zest to the mixture.
2. Add one drop yellow food color to 1/4 cup water. Add 1/2 teaspoons of the colored water to the sugar. Mix well.
3. If using the food color, let sugar sit until dry, stirring occasionally.
4. Before using, use a fork to squash any large clumps.