National Feel the Love Day - Kim's Way

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.  However, this is true not only for men, but also for children, and for ME!  

When asked, the Hubs said, aside from chocolate chip cookies, he feels the love when I make cinnamon-y breakfast foods.  *Ah, good to know!*  The little lady of our house particularly likes homemade donuts for breakfast...  The boy - well, he is a teenager, so he just likes sweet foods in general - like mother, like son!

I remembered a recipe I pinned awhile back, and I decided this was the perfect occasion to try it out.  And so... 

Cinnamon Roll Baked Donuts

Donut:

2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup buttermilk (I substituted regular milk with good results)
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoons vegetable oil

Topping:

1/4 cup butter
4 teaspoons cinnamon
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
2 teaspoon milk
2 teaspoon cornstarch
2 teaspoon vanilla

Icing:

1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons heavy cream

For complete instructions, please visit Buns In My Oven.

Notes:

·   The original recipe makes only 6 donuts.  The ingredient list above is doubled.

·  The topping didn’t bake into the donut as I expected.  MUCH of it stuck in the pan.  They were still delicious.  Next time I make this, I may play with the topping to change the consistency so it might bake in.

·  I put the donut batter in a zipper bag, cut the corner, and piped the batter into the donut pan.