Satisfy your breakfast sweet tooth with these easy Nutella Stuffed Mini Donut Muffins!
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Who doesn’t appreciate a good donut? Doughnut… however you choose to spell it. Apparently both are correct. No matter how you spell it though, donuts are delicious. But they’re also a good amount of work to make! Unless they’re baked donuts. But what if you don’t have a donut pan? You make mini donut muffins!
The batter for these Nutella stuffed mini donut muffins is basically just a standard baked donut recipe. It bakes up nice and light, similar to a donut, and is just right topped with a dusting of cinnamon sugar.
You can absolutely leave them plain, but one of the best parts of a donut without a hole is the filling! Your favorite jam can work in place of the Nutella, but I do love some chocolate hazelnut if I’m going to have a sweet breakfast treat.
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The easiest way to fill the mini donut muffins is to use a frosting filling tip. Slightly warm the Nutella in the microwave (5-10 seconds), add it to a piping bag, and you’re good to go. Just fill when the muffins are still slightly warm, but not hot, to get the best filling to dough ratio. So simple!
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The muffins are best served fresh, but when my family does leave a few (very few) leftover, they’re still good the next day. I leave them loosely covered on the counter in something like a cake saver.
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I hope you enjoy this Nutella stuffed mini donut recipe, darlings!
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Nutella Stuffed Mini Donut Muffins
Ingredients
Muffin Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons neutral flavored oil
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup milk
Filling and Topping
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup Nutella or other chocolate hazelnut spread
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 F and spray a 2-dozen mini cupcake tin with nonstick spray or brush with butter. Set aside
- In a mixing bowl using a hand mixer or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Stir in the egg. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Add all the other ingredients except the milk and flour. Stir to combine.
- Add half the flour, stir. Then pour in half the milk, stir. Repeat.
- Scoop the batter evenly into your mini muffin tins (a small cookie scoop is great for this!), and bake 10-12 minutes, until a tester comes out clean and the tops of the muffins gently spring back when touched.
- Remove the muffins from the oven and allow to cool while you prepare the filling and topping.
- In a small bowl, stir together the granulated sugar and the cinnamon. Set aside.
- Microwave your chocolate hazelnut spread for 5 seconds to soften. Fill a piping bag fitted with a cupcake filling tip with your chocolate hazelnut spread.
- Melt the butter in the microwave or on the stove top, and brush onto a muffin that is just cool enough to handle. Dip the top of the muffin into your cinnamon sugar.
- Using the piping bag, insert the filling tip into one side of the muffin and squeeze about a teaspoon of spread into the center of the muffin.
- Serve the muffins slightly warm or at room temperature.
- After they are completely cool, store up to a day in an airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
Recipe adapted from King Arthur Flour
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