Yummy & Easy Mini Donuts

Ingredients

for the donuts
• 5 TBSP unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 tsp baking powder
• pinch salt
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
for the topping
• ¼ cup butter, melted
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325ºF
2. Lightly oil mini donut pan and set aside (alternatively you can use mini muffin pans)
3. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar
4. Add the egg, milk, and vanilla and mix until combined (mixture will look curdled)
5. Mix in the baking powder, then the salt
6. Mix in the flour just until combined
7. If using mini donut pan, transfer mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip or into a ziplock baggie with the tip cut off. Pipe into the pan only filling ½ of the way fill. If using the mini muffin pan, fill each well ½ full
8. Bake at 325ºF for 8-10 minutes
9. Allow to cool slightly before dipping in topping
10. Melt the butter for the topping and combine the cinnamon and sugar
11. Dip each donut lightly in butter then roll in cinnamon and sugar
12. Makes about 36 when using a Mini muffin pan