Eggless Sugar Donut Muffins Recipe (2024)

These Eggless Sugar Donut Muffins are soft and fluffy, and moist! They’re super easy to make and bake up in no time. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, snack, or even dessert.

Easy Eggless Sugar Donut Muffins Recipe Highlights

These Eggless Sugar Donut Muffins are so darn tasty. Yes, you read right… donut muffins!

I made us donuts masquerading as muffins. Or muffins pretending they’redonuts. Either way, they are D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S.

These Eggless Sugar Donut Muffins are loaded with buttery flavors and a tenderness that melts in your mouth while coated with irresistible cinnamon sugar on the outside.

One of the best parts about these eggless sugar donut muffins is that they are super easy to make! And unlike donuts, they’re baked and not fried.

A cup of coffee + an eggless sugar donut muffin = HEAVEN!!

Ingredients You’ll Need

Please check the recipe card at the bottom of the post for exact quantities and detailed instructions(scroll down).

Ingredients Notes & Substitutions

• Flour: Standard all-purpose flour works best here, skip the cake flour, bread flour and wheat flour.
• Sugar: Regular white granulated sugar o caster sugar.
• Baking powder & Baking soda: Make sure they’re not expired or too old.
• Salt: I prefer kosher or sea salt. If you only have table salt handy, I recommend reducing the amount to half.
• Spices: For extra flavor! I added ground cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Buttermilk: You don’t have buttermilk? No problem!! Check out my recipe ofEasy Homemade Buttermilk Substitute [Video].
• Oil: Vegetable or canola oil– or any light-tasting oil of your preference.
• Butter: I prefer to use unsalted butter, but if you only have salted butter handy, you can use it. In this case, skip the salt called in the recipe.
• Vinegar: You can use apple cider vinegar or white vinegar.
• Vanilla extract: For optimal flavor, reach for pure vanilla instead of imitation. Even better, tryhomemade vanilla extract!

Step By Step Recipe Photo Tutorial

Please check the recipe card at the bottom of the post for exact quantities and detailed instructions(scroll down).

1. Preheat the oven to 350º F (180º C). Lightly grease a standard muffin tin.
2. Mix dry ingredients. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg (if using).
3. Combine wet ingredients. In a small bowl, add the buttermilk, oil, melted butter, apple cider vinegar, and vanilla extract and mix well to combine.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Please do not overmix.
5. Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared muffin pan, filling the cups nearly full.
6. Bake the muffins for 20 – 25 minutes, or until they’re a light golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the middle of one of the center muffins comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool for 2 – 3 minutes before removing them from the pan.
7. Prepare the sugar coating. In a small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon. In another small bowl, melt the 3 tablespoons of butter. Dip the muffins into the butter, then roll in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Frequently Asked Questions

Storing & Freezing Instructions

Store Eggless Sugar Donut Muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for three to four days, then transfer to the refrigerator for up to one week.

Freeze Eggless Sugar Donut Muffins for up to three months. To freeze them, first cool the muffins completely. Then individually wrap the muffins first in plastic wrap then foil before placing them in a freezer-safe bag. To thaw frozen muffins in the refrigerator and then bring to room temperature before enjoying!

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This post has been sponsored by Folgers Coffee. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Originally posted in February 2018, the post content was edited to add more helpful information, no change to the recipe in July 2021.