CINNAMON DONUT MUFFINS – The Southern Lady Cooks

If you are a donut fan, you must try this recipe! These muffins are so easy to make and have excellent reviews.

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WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

We love how easy they are to make and how much they taste like a donut. The cinnamon sugar is wonderful, and the reviews are amazing. Perfect for a weekend morning, Sunday brunch or for any breakfast. If you are a fan of cinnamon sugar donuts, add this recipe to your list.

SWAPS

We make this recipe with buttermilk but you can use milk. You will find that in a lot of our baking recipes we like to use buttermilk. It adds more fat to the recipe and keeps these donuts moist and light. You can use milk, and some people in the comments have used dried buttermilk and said it worked very well. We always encourage people to try things on their own and you can read the comments to see what has worked for others.

CAN I USE A BUTTERMILK SUBSTITUTE?

Yes, you can use a buttermilk substitute but it will not add the extra fat content you get from actual buttermilk. Here is the recipe for the substitute.

TIP

You can half this recipe if you would like, we did that recently and made 7 muffins. So that is an option if you only want to make a few.

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STORING, REHEATING & SERVING SIZE

We store these in an airtight container and heat them up quickly in the microwave. This recipe makes about 18 muffins.

Cinnamon Donut Muffins

Judy Yeager

These Cinnamon Donut Muffins are absolutely delicious. Perfect way to start the day. Just add a hot cup to coffee! 

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American, southern

• 1 1/2 sticks butter or 12 tablespoons or 3/4 cup softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 1/4 cups of milk or buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ingredients for Dip for Muffins

• 1 stick butter melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

• Using mixer, cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs and continue mixing. Add remaining ingredients and mix until you have a smooth batter.

• Spray a 12 cup muffin pan and fill each cup 3/4 full. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 35 minutes or until browned. Remove and let cool. Makes about 18 muffins depending on size you make them.

Instructions for Dip

• You will need two bowls for dipping. Melt the butter in one bowl and mix the cinnamon and sugar in the other bowl. When the muffins are cool enough to handle, dip in butter and then in cinnamon mixture.

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