Cinnamon Bun Baked Donuts

Are there certain scents that that you find irresistible?

Maybe it's a particular perfume that reminds you of someone.

Perhaps it's the smell of spring rain that sends you over the moon.

Or possibly it's the aroma of a certain food that makes you crave it.

 
I bet there are a few you can think of.

My list?

Lilacs

Sauteed peppers and onions

Lavender

Barbequed chicken

A baby's head

 Chanel No. 5 

Bacon

Wood-burning fireplace

Thanksgiving turkey

Lemons

Rosemary 

Just-mowed grass

Coffee beans

Hot apple cider with cloves 

Freshly baked cinnamon anything. 

 Ahh, cinnamon.

It takes every ounce of my willpower to walk by a Cinnabon store...
the whiff of baking cinnamon buns is so enticing. 

 In fact, I just have to see the word "cinnamon" on paper, 
  and my olfactory reflectors get cranked.

So you can understand that when I saw this recipe for cinnamon donuts by Buns In My Oven, on Pinterest, they moved right to the top of my fall baking list. 

I have to admit that I made these twice before posting them.
The first time, I overcooked the topping, by letting it boil a tad too long, 
and then, I over-baked the donuts a wee bit.

I tend to get distracted when I'm baking.
I've got Attention-Deficit-Baking-Disorder.
 
I start cleaning the bathroom, or go upstairs and try on six different outfits, 
when suddenly I remember...

Oh NOOOOOOO! 

Take the other night, for instance.
I made a noodle pudding for the Yom Kippur break-fast, totally spaced out, 
and went to the supermarket while it was baking. 
I don't care how good that timer is...
I wasn't going to hear it while I was in the produce aisle, 3 miles away. 
Fortunately, Mr. Goo Shoes did,
and called me to ask if he should take it out of the oven.

He always jokes that 99% of the time, I do something wrong while baking.
I deny it, but the truth is, he's right.

The second time I made the donuts, I was much more careful,
and followed the directions precisely.
I removed the topping as soon as it started to boil.

  But, uh, I forgot to add the vanilla.
Mr. Goo Shoes just shook his head when once again, he heard me yelling, 
"Oh, crap!"

Let me tell you, though, the donuts were still delicious, even without the vanilla. 

I also watched them like a hawk this time, while they were in the oven.
I did not go to yoga class, or wash my hair. 

When it came time to take the donuts out of the pan,
I was half-expecting them to stick because of the brown sugar mixture. 
But...they came out perfectly.   

The recipe makes six donuts, which is fine with me, 
since having too many of these around would be very dangerous.
Fortunately, Mr. GS and Junior GS loved them,
and they were gone before I had a chance to hide a few for myself.  

 

Cinnamon Bun Baked Donuts 

(aka, Cinnamon Roll Donuts, by Buns in My Oven)

Yield: 6 donuts

For the Donuts:

1 cup flour

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons white sugar

1 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk

1 egg, beaten

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 tsp vegetable or canola oil

For the Cinnamon Topping:

2 tbsp butter

2 tsp cinnamon

5 tbsp dark brown sugar

1 tsp milk

1 tsp cornstarch

1 tsp vanilla

For the Glaze:

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1 tbsp plus 2 tsp heavy cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 F. Lightly grease donut pan.

To Make Cinnamon Topping: 

Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Stir in the cinnamon, brown sugar, milk, and cornstarch.

Heat just until it begins to boil. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla. Spoon cinnamon topping evenly into each well of greased donut pan. 

To Make Donuts:

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt.

In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, egg, and oil.

Add wet ingredients to the dry, and stir with a wooden spoon, until fully incorporated. 

Drop spoonfuls of the batter into the donut pan over the cinnamon topping.

Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned and cooked through.

Remove from oven and cool in pan for 2 minutes. Using a butter knife to loosen donuts, gently lift them out of pan, and transfer to a wire rack.  

Cool donuts completely before glazing.

To Make Glaze:

Whisk together sugar and heavy cream until smooth. 

Spoon into a baggie, and snip off a small corner of the bag. 

Pipe glaze onto the donuts.

 

 What's on your list of irresistible scents?

 Is cinnamon one of them?

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