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Bread Breakfast Snacks

Cinnamon sugar breakfast muffins

Published: 03.14.2013 » Last updated: 12.20.2022

Mini muffins rolled in melted butter and coated with cinnamon sugar. These muffins take less than 30 minutes to bake — including prep time.

Cinnamon Sugar Breakfast Muffins and Coffee

Oh, yes, they’re sweet enough for dessert but not too cloying for breakfast or a snack. They’re bursting with texture — soft bread with crystalline crust — and full of earthy aroma from the nutmeg and the cinnamon.

Plain muffins in pan

It is also that crust that gives the muffins their beautiful color. Straight out of the oven, they will look pale but, if you did the batter right, they should be very well risen.

Dipping hot muffins in melted butter

The anemic-looking muffins are then dunked in melted butter. Don’t worry that the dunking will make them soggy. You’re just moistening the surface to prep them for the next step.

Dipping buttered muffins in cinnamon sugar

The butter-moistened muffins are then rolled in a mixture of sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. And that lovely aromatic crust will flavor and color your muffins perfectly.

Full recipe below

Cinnamon sugar breakfast muffins

Connie Veneracion
Muffins are not cupcakes. They are essentially a quick bread than cake. Muffin batter is lumpy. Do not be tempted to continue mixing until smooth. Again, the batter will be lumpy. That’s how it should be. The batter has to be mixed lightly and quickly because overmixing makes tough and dense muffins. 
Homebaked Cinnamon Sugar Breakfast Muffins
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 12 mins
Total Time 22 mins
Course Breakfast
Cuisine International
Servings 22 mini muffins

Ingredients
  

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable cooking oil
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup milk

To coat the muffins

  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ cup butter - melted

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350F.
  • Lightly brush the holes of your muffin pans with vegetable oil (I used two pans with a capacity of 2 1/8 oz. per hole).
  • Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg into a mixing bowl.
  • Add the egg, milk and melted butter.
  • Stir just until moistened. Twelve strokes should do it.
  • Using an ice cream scoop, fill the holes of the muffin pans with the batter.
  • Bake at 350F for 12 to 20 minutes depending on the size of the holes of the muffin pans.
  • Take muffins out of the oven and cool for about five minutes.
  • Loosen the muffins from the pan (if you oiled the holes of the muffin pans, you can just lift out the muffins without any problem).
  • Whisk together the cinnamon and sugar.
  • Dip each muffin in the melted butter. The top AND sides for maximum deliciousness.
  • Roll the buttered muffins in cinnamon sugar.
  • Serve your cinnamon sugar breakfast muffins with brewed coffee or tea, or your preferred morning beverage.
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Connie Veneracion, Chiang Mai, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Welcome to Umami Days, a blog that advocates innovative home cooking for pleasurable everyday dining. No trendy diets, no food fads and definitely no ludicrous recipe names like crustless quiche, noodleless pho or chocolate lasagna.

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