Homemade Mini Powdered Donuts

Mini powdered donuts on a black serving dish.

These Homemade Mini Powdered Donuts are light and fluffy inside with a sweet coating of powdered sugar on the outside. They're made in about 30 minutes with just 12 simple ingredients!

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Diet Kosher, Low Calorie, Low Lactose, Low Salt, Vegetarian

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Servings mini donuts

Calories 54kcal

Author Alana Lieberman

Cost $15

Equipment

Ingredients

1 large egg, room temperature
3 tablespoons sour cream, room temperature
½ cup milk, room temperature
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all purpose flour
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ cup powdered sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 2 mini donut pans (for 24 donuts total) with nonstick spray.
In a large bowl, add egg, sour cream, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract. Whisk to combine.
Add flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Use a rubber spatula to fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until fully combined.
Spoon mixture into a zip top bag or piping bag. Cut off the corner of the bag. Use the bag to pipe the batter into the donut cavities of the pan.
Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes, or until the donuts spring back when touched.
Add powdered sugar to a bowl. Working with one donut at a time, add a donut to the powdered sugar and lightly toss it around to coat on all sides. Repeat with remaining donuts.

Notes

If you're not planning on eating the donuts right away, don't coat them all in the powdered sugar. Because of the moisture in the donuts, the powdered sugar gets absorbed if left to sit on the donuts too long.

Instead, coat the donuts in the powdered sugar just before serving and leave any remaining donuts uncoated until ready to eat.
Don't overfill the donut pans! You want to just fill them ¾ of the way up so they still resemble donuts after they rise.

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