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Cinnamon roll donuts scattered on parchment paper, some with cream cheese frosting, some without.

Cinnamon Roll Donuts

Author: Gail Ng
These cinnamon roll donuts are made with cinnamon swirled baked donuts with cream cheese frosting on top
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 54 minutes
Yield 8 donuts
Category Dessert
Cuisine American

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Donuts

  • 180 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 60 g unsalted butter, melted
  • 80 g granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 110 g milk, dairy or non-dairy, room temperature
  • 50 g brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 112 g cream cheese, softened to room temperature
  • 30 g powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 20 g heavy cream or whipping cream

Instructions
 

Donuts

  • Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a donut pan with cooking spray or oil and wipe away the excess. Set aside.
  • Mix flour mixture: In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
    Left to right: dry ingredients in a bowl, stirring dry ingredients together.
  • Mix wet ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together melted butter and granulated sugar until combined. Add the egg and vanilla extract and whisk until combined. Finally, add the milk and whisk until combined.
    Left to right: egg and wet ingredients in a mixing bowl, pouring milk into wet mixture.
  • Fold in flour mixture: Add the flour mixture and fold it in until just combined.
    Left to right: flour in bowl of wet mixture, folding together batter with a spatula.
  • Mix cinnamon sugar: In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar and cinnamon.
    Left to right: brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl, stirring cinnamon sugar together with a spoon.
  • Fold in cinnamon sugar swirl: Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar into the batter. Fold it into the batter 1-2 times, just enough to swirl it in but not completely mixed. Transfer this batter to a piping bag with the tip cut off.
    Left to right: cinnamon sugar added to a bowl of batter, folding together donut batter in a bowl with a spatula.
  • Fill pan: Pipe the batter into the donut pan, filling each mold about ¾ full.
    Left to right: piping batter into donut pan, donut pan filled with batter.
  • Bake: Bake donuts for 12-14 minutes or until they're puffy and lightly browned on the edges. Let the donuts cool in the pan for at least 5 minutes before lifting them out and transferring them to a wire rack to cool.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Mix ingredients: In a medium bowl, add softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. Use a spatula to smush it together until it becomes very smooth and creamy.
    Left to right: cream cheese and sugar in a bowl, cream cheese mixed in a bowl.
  • Adjust consistency: Add the heavy cream and stir to mix until the frosting is smooth and spreadable. You can add more heavy for a thinner consistency.
    Left to right: pouring heavy cream into cream cheese mixture, mixing cream cheese frosting in a bowl with a spatula.
  • Frost donuts: Use an offset spatula to spread the frosting on top of the warm donuts. If the donuts have cooled, reheat them and apply the frosting before serving.
    Left to right: hand holding a donut without frosting, spreading cream cheese frosting on top of donut.

Nutrition

Calories: 291kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 187mg | Potassium: 89mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 467IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 85mg | Iron: 1mg
Keywords cinnamon donuts, cinnamon roll donuts, cinnamon sugar donuts
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