Both doughnuts and muffins are sweet treats made from cake batter. While doughnuts are fried, muffins are baked. Doughnut muffins, like the latter, are baked. But the texture is similar to that of a doughnut. This cinnamon sugar doughnut muffin recipe comes together in just 30 minutes and is fluffy, soft, and slightly dense.
Preheat oven to 350°F or 177 °C. Now, grease the muffin cups lightly with oil. Alternatively, line them with paper liners and set them aside.
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Mix the dry ingredients
In a bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk it all together and set aside.
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Mix the wet ingredients
In another small bowl, crack open the egg. Make sure it has no shells. Beat the egg and add the milk, vanilla extract, and melted butter into the bowl. Mix well so that it all combines.
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Make the batter
Now, add the wet ingredients to the bowl of dry ingredients. Stir it all together until it’s moistened and mix well. Be careful not to overmix.
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Bake the doughnut muffins
Add the batter into muffin cups, but only keep it ½ way full because the batter will rise. about 1/2 Bake for about 20-25 minutes. Check the muffins have cooked all the way through by inserting a toothpick inside. If it comes out clean, it’s cooked. Now, let the muffins cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the pan.
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Prepare the cinnamon sugar topping
Add cinnamon and sugar to a small bowl and mix them. In another, smaller bowl, add the melted butter. One by one, dip the muffins into the butter and then roll them in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Serve hot.
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