Baked Cinnamon Donut Bites

Move over allrecipes! ha! Pinterest is a great site to find new recipes. I found this latest one there last night and knew I had to make these this morning. The source for the recipe is ohmysugarhigh.com. I loved the idea of these mini donuts - they aren't fried and overall, they are a MUCH healthier alternative to my kids super addiction (Tim Bits!). While I admit you shouldn't eat these everyday, they get my healthy approval for snacking on them in moderation! :) Enjoy!

Baked Cinnamon Donut Bites

• 1 1/3 cup AP flour
• 1 cup rice crisp cereal, coarsely crushed
• 2 tbsp plus 1/2 cup white sugar, divided
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup butter-flavour shortening (I used plain ol butter)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter, melted

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Lightly grease 9" round pan (or 30 mini muffin cups).
2. Mix together flour, cereal, 2 tbsp sugar, baking powder and salt. Using a knife, cut in the shortening (or butter) until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Pour in milk and mix until just combined.
3. Roll dough in apporximately 2 1/2 dozen 1" balls. Mix remaining sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
4. Drop balls, one at a time, in melted butter, then roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. Place them in greased pan.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 12-14 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean). Let cool slightly then dig in! ENJOY!