These Donut Muffins are super-simple 5-ingredient oven-baked mini-muffins made with an egg-free and dairy-free dough and rolled in unrefined sugar. It’s your healthier alternative to deep-fried donuts, ready in under 30 minutes.
While the whole recipe is just below, don’t miss all my tips further down, including ingredient swaps, my cooking tips, and step-by-step shots!
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Donut Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup Self-Rising Flour - (note 1)
- ½ cup Almond Milk - (note 2)
- ¼ cup Light Olive Oil - (note 3) + 2-3 tablespoon to brush the muffins
- ¼ cup Unrefined Sugar - (note 4)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract - optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray cooking oil in each of the 12 holes of a mini muffin pan. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add self-rising flour and sugar and stir to combine evenly.
- Stir in the almond milk, olive oil, and vanilla extract if used. Stir until thick and smooth.
- Fill each muffin hole up to 3/4 of their level.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes at 350°F (180°C) until a toothpick inserted in one of the muffins comes out clean.
- Let them cool down for 5 minutes on a cooling rack and prepare the cinnamon sugar.
- In a small bowl, stir sugar and cinnamon until evenly combined.
- Use an oil spray or pastry brush to lightly brush the surface of the lukewarm muffins, then dip and roll them into the cinnamon sugar made above.
- Repeat until all muffins are coated and look like mini donuts.
Notes
Nutrition
Ingredients and Substitutions
You only need 4 base ingredients to make this recipe. Here’s how to pick and swap them.
- Self-Rising Flour – This provides the main structure for the muffins and helps them rise during baking. You can create your own by whisking all-purpose flour with baking powder – see ratio in the recipe card.
- Almond Milk – This adds moisture to the batter, creating a smooth consistency. Oat milk, soy milk, or cashew milk are also suitable.
- Light Olive Oil – This contributes to the tenderness of the muffins. You can also use canola oil or melted plant-based butter. A little extra is needed to brush the muffins before coating.
- Unrefined Sugar – This sweetens the muffin batter. Coconut sugar, allulose, or date sugar are also good options.
How to Make Donut Muffins
These donut muffins are so simple to make. Here’s how in a few pics!
Combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
Incorporate the wet ingredients and stir the batter until smooth.
Scoop out the batter and place it in an oiled mini muffin pan.
Bake the donut muffins for 15-17 minutes at 350°F (180°C).
Brush olive oil on the warm donut muffins.
Dip the donuts in a cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Carine’s Baking Tips
Let me share a few more tips for perfect donut muffins.
- Sugar-Free Option – If you are watching your sugar intake, swap the sugar in the coating for allulose, which is sugar-free and low in calories.
- Add Blueberries – Stirring 1/3 cup of blueberries into the batter creates delicious blueberry donut muffins.
- Wholemeal Flour Option – You can replace the self-rising flour with 1 cup of wholemeal flour for added fiber; remember to whisk in 2 teaspoons of baking powder as well to ensure they rise.
- Make Large Muffins – Double the recipe to bake 12 large muffins in a standard muffin pan. Increase the baking time to 25-30 minutes and prepare extra cinnamon sugar for coating.
These were gone in a matter of hours! Very easy and so good! Do you think I could use wheat flour instead? Even if I use half wheat/half white?
If you mean wholewheat flour, then yes, for sure half half will work. However, I wouldn’t guarantee a great texture if you go 100 % wholewheat flour. They might be dry because of the amount of fiber. Thanks for baking my recipes.