Pie Maker Baked Nutella Doughnuts With Cinnamon And Sugar

I absolutely love doughnuts but I often find them too oily, as most doughnuts are deep-fried. The pie maker has introduced a whole new world of healthier baked doughnuts and I am in love with this recipe. The crust of the doughnut has a lovely crunch while the inside is cakey and gooey with nutella. This was a huge hit with the whole family.

Ingredients (serves 16 | makes 16 Doughnuts)

2 cups flour
2/3 cup caster sugar
3 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
80g melted butter
1 cup milk
8 tablespoons nutella
TOPPING
2/3 Cup caster sugar
4 tablespoons cinammon
80g melted butter

Method

Add the flour, baking powder and sugar into a bowl and mix.
In a separate bowl, add the melted butter, egg and milk and whisk together.
Then add the wet ingredients to the bowl with flour mixture and gently fold together. Be gentle as you don't want to squash out all the air in the batter.
Add the batter to the piemaker (I don't pre-heat it). I fill up each hole until each is about one quarter full. IMPORTANT - Do not overfill pie holes - otherwise they will not cook
Add one teaspoon of Nutella to the top of the batter in each pie hole.
Top with a bit more batter to cover the Nutella. The pie holes should only be about 2/3rds full at this point.
Switch on the pie maker and close the lid.
Cook until the bottom is nicely browned and then flip over and allow to continue cooking. Cook the doughnut pies until the top is golden brown.
Once both the top and bottom are browned, poke a skewer into the centre to check that the doughnut is cooked. You will know that the doughnut is cooked once the skewer comes out without any liquid sticking to it.
Remove the doughnuts from the piemaker and repeat with the remaining batter (the mixture should make about 16 doughnuts)
Brush the warm doughnuts with melted butter and sprinkle with the mixture of cinammon and sugar.

Before making this recipe, be sure to check out my top tips for making the PERFECT PIE MAKER DOUGHNUT. Recipes inspired by Best Recipes Nutella Doughnuts

86 Comments

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 28 Oct 2024
    3:24 pm
I keep seeing all these pie maker recipes but don’t have a pie maker. Looks like I should invest as these look fantastic presentation wise and seem so easy to make. I love that this one has both Nutella and cinnamon in it- two of my favourite ingredients to use in dessert!

- - meedee said
  - 28 May 2023
    8:59 am
My waist line is so pleased that I dont own a pie maker

- - Mumoftwo said
  - 09 Jun 2022
    10:19 pm
Another reason to get a pie maker.

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 08 Jun 2022
    9:38 pm
We have a pie maker that is never used in the cupboard. This might be a lovely recipe to try out in it.

- - kerrie2809 said
  - 27 Jul 2021
    11:29 am
These were fabulous, easy to cook and eat! Tried with jam as well but didn’t taste as good as the nutella filling. Need to have the right jam for it to ooze out of the doughnuts.

- - mom112217 said
  - 16 Jul 2021
    10:25 pm
A fabulous recipe to make and share! Thanks!

- - tessie said
  - 14 Jul 2021
    3:28 pm
Pity I don’t have a Pie Maker but with only 2 of us it’s not worth getting. I’ll have to find someone who owns one and give them the recipe. I’m sure they’d be willing to share one or two

- - rovermum said
  - 12 Jul 2021
    10:57 am
I got rid of my piemaker before this current craze. Could someone make these for me… please?

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 09 Jul 2021
    3:16 pm
Now what I need is…a piemaker

- - Mrs.twinmama said
  - 09 Jul 2021
    10:29 am
These look oh so absolutely indulgent. It’s one to try!

- - mom468034 said
  - 09 Jul 2021
    10:28 am
This is so not helpful for my attempts to lose weight, but so delicious!!! hahahaha!

- - mum300445 said
  - 08 Jul 2021
    9:25 pm
I haven’t used my pie maker yet. This sounds like the perfect recipe to get me started!

- - mom478886 said
  - 08 Jul 2021
    4:46 pm
I haven’t had any luck with pie maker donuts so far. I find them a bit spongey and they taste kind of eggy? I want to be proven wrong though because I love them in theory. I’ll give these ones a go!

- - Mom466555 said
  - 14 Mar 2021
    4:49 pm
Yummy!!!!

- - mom196152 said
  - 08 Feb 2021
    11:35 am
OMG yum! Thanks for sharing, can’t wait to try them.

- - mom470069 said
  - 21 Dec 2020
    4:35 pm
How good do these sound. These will definitely get a go in my house. Hopefully I will manage to share as well.

- - Kylie said
  - 10 Nov 2020
    9:56 am
Oohhh dangerous, I have all these ingredients already in my cupboard!

- - Ellen said
  - 23 Oct 2020
    8:49 am
not for me but thanks for sharing

- - mom268263 said
  - 07 Oct 2020
    6:47 pm
Reminds me of the creative cronut (croissant and donut) a few years back. Delicious cinnamon and nutella combination and creative ‘pienut’.

- - Andy said
  - 04 Sep 2020
    2:06 am
When I eventually get my hands on a pie maker ill be sure to test these out! Yummo