Have you ever found yourself choosing between a doughnut or a muffin to start your day? Well now you don’t have to choose! These glazed doughnut muffins are perfect for those of us that just can’t make up our minds in the morning! 
Moist muffins spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and dipped in a delicious powdered sugar glaze. Mmmm…
Glazed Doughnut Muffins
For the Muffins:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
For the Glaze:
- 3 tablespoons butter; melted
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar; sifted
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons hot water
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line 12 muffin cups with muffin liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter, vegetable oil, and sugars till smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time. With the mixer on low speed, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt and vanilla until just combined. Stir the flour into the butter mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour and making sure everything is thoroughly combined.
- Spoon batter into cups, filling the cups, and smooth tops. Divide batter equally among prepared muffin cups. Bake until muffin tops are a pale golden and springy to the touch, 15 to 17 minutes, rotating halfway through baking time. Cool muffins in muffin tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack and cool 10 minutes before glazing.
- To make the glaze, In a medium bowl mix together the melted butter, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and water. Whisk until smooth.
- When muffins have cooled slightly, dip the muffin crown into the glaze and allow the glaze to harden. Once hardened, dip a second time and allow to harden then serve.
Yields: 12 muffins
Source:My Baking Addiction, originally adapted from King Arthur Flour
these remind me of the cake doughnut holes I used to love when I was little!!
Looks like a perfect breakfast treat!
I could eat this for breakfast, lunch and dessert:D Looks so good!
Yum! Those look delicious! What a fantastic idea!
These are definitely on my “to make” list! They look delicious!
I wish you would tell the calories in each of your muffins/servings. This looks too good to eat!
Christina! Your creativity never ceases to amaze me! My husband is going to love these!
Thank you!
Just one word “YUMMMM-O”
This looks great! I love the muffins that are similar to this with the buttered/cinnamon sugar tops but I think I am loving the glaze idea even more!
How delicious! I love glazed donuts.
These sound almost too good to be true, positively heavenly!
*kisses* HH
Yummy!
Oh My gosh christina, Have you been working in kitchen like mad scientist? Doughnut muffins what more can one want for breakfast. Drooling!!!!!
This is definitely a winning recipe. These sound great!
Glazed doughnuts are amazing, so these muffins look fabulous. I need to make these!!
I want, I want, I want!! These looks so yummy. I LOVE cinnamon and sugar baked goods.
Omg I think I fell in love. A glazed doughnut in muffin form? Amazing
i can’t say i ever start my day with a doughnut or muffin! but i am a doughnut lover thats for sure
Yum!! What a fun, yummy sounding combination! It would be hard not to eat two of these!
The spices and glaze look fantastic!
These look fabulous, Christina! I’m a sucker for a good muffin!
You had me at “glazed” love it love it love it
Wow. These look REALLY good. Too much for my non-sugar and white flour eating tummy but WOW.
I caved in and had to make these the other day. Let me just say, I ate the whole batch. They were the ultimate decadent treat. Thanks for sharing!
I’m totally making these – they look so good!
These look great! I recently had a donut cupcake that had a chocolate & lemon glaze..sounds weird but it really tasted like a donut.
aww man do these sound good.
Mmm–the best of both worlds!
My Mom and I made some donut muffins a while back that had a regular sugar and cinnamon topping and we thought they were kind of lacking.. as soon as I saw this I though, duh! A glaze! We will definitely try these the next time she visits! Thanks for sharing!
Holy crap! That’s the best thing I’ve ever heard of! I can’t wait to try them!
I could go for one of these right now!
I made these as mini-muffins last night. I didn’t have any vanilla (say WHAT?), so I substituted with maple syrup. I didn’t have any confectioner’s sugar (say WHAT?), so I put regular sugar in my food processor.
Turned out perfect! Everyone loved them.
Now, off to the market for vanilla and confectioner’s sugar. Apparently I’ve neglected my pantry.
Yea! I am so glad that you enjoyed them! I bet they would be awesome as mini muffins…But then it might be a bit harder to control myself from eating them all!
I bet the maple syrup tasted great in these.
These are perfect. I don’t have a lot of kitchen savvy but these really worked out perfectly and although it may seem like a lot of ingredients, they’re all things you definitely have lying around and there’s no creativity required to figure outhow to combine the ingredients or anything. I made these for my residents (I’m an RA) and they were really pleased. I made 3 dozen or so in under an hour.
Yea! I am so glad that everyone enjoyed them! Thanks so much for letting me know how they turned out for you…I love to hear from those who have tried recipes I have on my site.
I’m running to my kitchen to make these right now. Thank you for sharing!
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Wow, what a treat these would be. I love that you included nutmeg, one of my favorite spices for both sweet and savory cooking.
I am making these tomorrow, I found the recipe AFTER I made the cinnamon/sugar topped variety for my 7 year old, who just so happens to LOVE glazed donuts! Thanks for sharing
I make muffins for my mom’s meetings every Monday at work, I plan on making these tomorrow, they look deeeelish!
Let me just say that my house smells ammmmmmmmmmmmmmazing right now!
These were so easy to make and taste waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too good to have just one!
Thanks for sharing!
Ansa
Made these and everyone loved them
I just made these and they were an absolute hit. I think these might be my favorite muffins yet!
Oh and I had to reduce the glaze to one coating. I just couldn’t afford to gain ten extra pounds since I pretty much ate the entire batch by myself
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what a fabulous…and DELICIOUS combo!! tfs
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It’s over 80 degrees in my apartment but I have to make these RIGHT NOW!
I made these this morning. Um, YUM! I let the kids put some sprinkles on a few, but mine was perfect with just the glaze. I’ll post it at some point today and put a link to your recipe. Thanks for sharing!!!
These were so easy to make and SO delicious!! Thank you!
Meg, I am so glad that you enjoyed them!
Oh My…those look SO good!!! I’ll try them this week. Thanks!
Hi! I made these and my mom and dad and my neighbor said they were perfect. I can’t taste anything right now (medical) and I have a feeling I am really missing out!! They smell delicious!
Once again, thankful for Pinterest so I can find great recipes like this!
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made these yesterday – I have to say oh my gosh these are amazing! my daughter practically finished the entire batch herself, thanks for sharing this recipe, it is certainly a keeper
I am so glad to hear that you guys enjoyed the muffins! They are certainly one of my favorites!
These are SOOO good. Can you convert this recipe to 8×8 or 9×13 pan?
Laura,
I have never tried making this in a pan instead of muffin cups, but there is no reason why you couldn’t. I would try baking it in an 8X8 square or a 9inch round. You would just have to adjust the baking time. Let me know how it turns out for you if you give it a try!
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Definatley going to try these.
Do you need to have a standing mixer (with the paddle adjustment) to make these ~ or can you just use a regular mixer?
Carol,
No you do not need to use a stand mixer…a regular mixer will do just fine. I hope you enjoy them!
OMG! Just whipped these up. Amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
Kristy,
I am so glad that you enjoyed them! Thanks so much for letting me know how they turned out!
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These look amazing! Will have to save this recipe for one of my “cheat” days of clean eating
I just made these for my little guy that is allergic to wheat as well as a plethora of other things. The only thing changed in the recipe was the regular flour to gluten free flour. They turned out PERFECT!!! I loved them, he loved them and the other kids loved them. Thank you so much for this amazing and perfect recipe! <3 Merry Christmas!
Heather,
I am so glad that everyone enjoyed the muffins!! Thanks so much for letting me know how they turned out!
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I love these !! Making a batch for the 4th time. I use this recipe, as-is, and use a 6-up jumbo cupcake pan. I slow it down to 400 and go for about 20 minutes. Works just perfect… big tops, but not overhanging.
Awesome recipe !! I use as a base for chocolate muffins and a few other variants…
Richard,
Thanks so much for letting me know how they turned out!
I am so glad that you enjoyed them! I bet they would be great as a jumbo muffin…I really need to get myself a jumbo muffin pan!
I found this on pinterest and have been dying to make it. I’m just waiting for them to set so I can glaze them and I feel like a little kid pacing back and forth, I’m so excited for them to be finished so I can try them! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Courtney,
I hope you enjoyed the muffins!
I tried this recipe because my boyfriend loves old fashioned doughnuts. He really loved them! This recipe is a keeper, thanks for sharing it!
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I totally made these! They were AWESOME! Here’s my link! http://sweetpeaskitchen.com/2011/05/17/glazed-doughnut-muffins/
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I made these today, but gluten free. I just added 1 tsp of xantham gum and rice flour in place of the AP Flour. Delicious!!! Thanks for the recipe!
Wanted to add that I made them as mini-muffins so that they would look more like doughnut holes. Only took about 10 minutes in the oven. Worked out great!
Awesome Jen! I am so glad that you were able to make them gluten free and mini!
Thanks so much for sharing how the recipe turned out for you!
I tried this recipe the other day, it was great! Old fashioned doughnuts are my boyfriends favorite, too and he loved these! Thanks for sharing your recipes!
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These are great!! I made them for our church Easter brunch tomorrow morning if I don’t eat them all:) Thanks so much for sharing.
So glad to hear that you enjoyed the muffins Deb! Thanks so much for letting me know how they turned out!
I made these last night and actually found them kind of…bland? The spices were there and I could taste them but something about the taste or texture just fell flat for me. I will be attempting them again as soon as I figure out how to fix what I didn’t like because the idea is awesome and they were very easy to make.