Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Muffins
Hello old friends. I've got a good one for you to make up for my prolonged absence. It involves sugar, cinnamon, and everyone's favorite ingredient: butter. Lots of it too. I like the simple things in life: a nice cold beer, snuggles from dogs, Netflix, and butter.
Let's discuss one other thing in life that makes me happy. Doughnuts. Side note: it's doughnut not donut, because doughnuts are made from dough not do. I love doughnuts. Any type of doughnut. Big, small, sugary, filled, round, square, fried, baked: bring them to me. Bring them ALL to me. When I found this recipe that combined muffins and doughnuts it was meant to be. Meant to be like, coffee and mornings, or milk and cookies, or bacon and, well, anything really. I belong with these cinnamon sugar doughnut muffins.
These guys are super simple, and the recipe doesn't make too many muffins, so it's perfect for someone like me who wants to hoard all of them without feeling too guilty. Make them. Go on. Get you some doughnut muffins.
Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Muffins
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg (freshly grated)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 large egg
Topping:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
Preheat the oven to 350F.
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and nutmeg. Use the freshly grated stuff. It's so much better. Plus, the inside of nutmeg looks like brains (as pictured above). Brains! Isn't food cool? Add the wet ingredients, and stir until combined. Don't over mix on this step. The batter will still be slightly lumpy.
Scoop the batter into a greased muffin tin using a large ice cream scoop. I only got about seven muffins out of the batter. If you want more, and I'm sure you will, double it, or triple it. I'm not here to judge.
Bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. While the muffins are in the oven, mix together the cinnamon sugar concoction, and melt the butter.
When the muffins are done, and while they're still warm, dip them in the butter and then roll them in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Enjoy!