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Baked doughnuts on a plate, one cut in half to show off its jelly centre

Baked Doughnuts

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Course Dessert
Cuisine Canadian
Keyword baked doughnuts, donuts, doughnuts
Servings 12 doughnuts

Ingredients

  • 5 tbsp soft butter
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg - ground
  • 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 12 tsp jam

Topping

  • 2 tbsp white sugar
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp butter - melted

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350F (175C).
  • Using a beater, cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and then the milk and dry ingredients, alternating between the two.
  • Put a little of the resulting batter in the bottom of each cup of a greased muffin pan. Add 1 tsp of jam on top of the batter in the middle. Put more batter on top.
    Baked doughnuts in muffin tin, unbaked
  • Bake for 25 minutes or until cake tester or toothpick comes out clean.
  • When baked, brush the tops of the doughnuts with melted butter and then sprinkle on the sugar-cinnamon mixture.
    Baked doughnuts in muffin tin, unbaked but topped
  • Carefully slide a butterknife around the edge of the muffin cups and gently lift the doughnuts out.
    Baked doughnuts on a plate