Muffin Mondays | Doughnut Muffins

After reading so many delectable Monday Muffins posts from fellow bloggers I knew I had to join the fun. As fate would have it, for my first Muffin Monday the recipe is Doughnut Muffins. Fitting wouldn’t you say?

Being a doughnut fiend I was eager to bake (and consume) a batch of doughnut muffins. These doughnut muffins have all the deliciousness of a fresh baked cake doughnut without the fuss. They are simple to prepare so breakfast will be ready in no time and if you opt to not use a muffin liner, they have a nice slight crust on the exterior. These muffins are light and fluffy, with a delicately sweet cinnamon sugar crusted top – true breakfast perfection.

 

The only change I made to this recipe was the addition of vanilla extract.  I also increase the amount of cinnamon and sugar topping that the recipe called for because I found that I ran out of it before I was finished coating all of the muffins. The muffins had the slightest hint of flour-y flavor and could have been a smidge more moist, so next time I can going to try swapping the canola oil for butter and I am going to add a ½ cup of yogurt.

 

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The recipe has been adapted from tasteofhome.com

The original recipe does call for a jam in the center as a filling but that is totally optional. (I opted to not use it)

 Ingredients: 

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cups sugar

1/3 cup canola oil

1 egg, lightly beaten

3/4 cup milk

Topping:

1/4 cup butter, melted

½ cup sugar

2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

 

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350°F

Grease or use muffin liners to line a 12 hole muffin pan.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.

In a small bowl, combine sugar, oil, egg and milk; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.

Fill cups ¾ of the way full and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Place melted butter in a small bowl; combine sugar and cinnamon in another bowl.

Immediately after removing muffins from the oven, dip tops in butter, then in cinnamon-sugar.

Serve warm.

Yields: 10 standard-size muffins.