When not practicing orthodontics, Dr. Nizam enjoys whipping up delicious meals and treats for her family.

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Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts Ingredients

All-purpose flour - Measuring the flour correctly is very important. I suggest weighing your flour out (I use this scale). If you want to use a measuring cup, make sure you spoon the flour into the cup and level it off with a knife. Don’t use the cup to scoop directly from the flour.

Light brown sugar - Brown sugar adds flavor and a softer texture to the final product.

Salt - Salt is a must in baked goods. It will help to balance out the sweetness and improve the overall flavor.

Baking powder - Baking powder will help the baked donuts to rise.

Ground Cinnamon - This will add flavor to the baked donuts.

Full-fat sour cream - Sour cream will make the donuts extra moist and fluffy.

Unsalted butter - I always make sure to use unsalted butter when baking because there is no “standard” for the amount of salt they can add to butter. So if you add salt to a recipe and then use salted butter you could end up with a very salty end product.

Egg - It will be easier to incorporate the eggs into the batter if they are at room temperature.

Vanilla extract - Vanilla is a must in baked goods just like salt. Real vanilla adds a better flavor than imitation vanilla.

Ingredients for cinnamon sugar topping

Ground Cinnamon - See above note.

Granulated Sugar - This will add sweetness to the topping.

Steps to Make Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts

Step 1 - Preheat your oven to 350 degrees (F). Spray your donut mold with non-stick spray and set it aside.

Step 2 - In a medium-sized bowl whisk together the flour, light brown sugar, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon. Be sure there are no lumps.

Step 3 - In a separate bowl mix the wet ingredients.

Step 4 - Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until they are well combined. The batter will be thick.

Step 5 - Spoon or pipe the batter into your molds and fill them up about 3/4 of the way to the top.

Step 6 - Place your donuts in the pre-heated oven. They usually take about 15-17 minutes to bake, but I started checking them around 10 minutes to see if the pan needs to be turned. You’ll know they are finished when you lightly press on a donut and it springs back.

Step 7 - Remove from the oven and let the baked cinnamon donuts cool in the molds until cool enough to remove. Then cool the donuts completely before rolling in cinnamon sugar.

Step 8 - Then cool the donuts completely before rolling in cinnamon sugar.

Step 9 - In a small bowl combine the sugar and cinnamon. Mix until well combined.

Step 10 - When the donuts have mostly cooled roll each donut in the cinnamon-sugar mixture to coat fully.