Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnut Muffins Recipe

Need a Mother’s Day breakfast idea? How about these delicious Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnut Muffins?? OMG! They are SO good! I seriously ate way too many of these yummy doughnuts! They were so hard to resist. They taste just like an old-fashioned doughnut!

The doughnut muffins can be made a day in advance and stored in an air-tight container. We reheated the muffins for a few seconds in the microwave before eating them.

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Yield: 12 muffinsAuthor: Stephanie – Plain Chicken.comPrint Recipe

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Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnut Muffins

prep time: 10 minscook time: 20 minstotal time: 30 mins

Cinnamon-Sugar Doughnut Muffins Recipe – baked doughnut muffins coated in cinnamon and sugar – tastes just like an old-fashioned doughnut! Great for Mother’s Day breakfast!

ingredients:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 Tbsp cinnamon

instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and 1/4 tsp cinnamon.
3. In a large bowl, beat the butter on medium speed of a hand-held mixer for 2 minutes. Turn the speed to low and slowly add 3/4 cup sugar. Mix well. Add eggs one at a time, mixing just until the yellow disappears. Add the dry ingredients in three batches, alternating with the milk. Mix just until incorporated.
4. Using a large scoop or ice cream scoop, scoop batter into prepared muffin pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
5. Remove doughnuts from pan and let cool completely.
6. Place 1/2 cup melted butter in a bowl. Combine 1 cup sugar and 1 Tbsp cinnamon in another bowl.
7. Dunk cooled doughnut muffins in melted butter and then coat in cinnamon sugar.
8. Store muffins in an air-tight container for up to 2 days.

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