The mojo is slowly working its way back into my life.
And this recipe certainly helped.
It’s the best of two very good worlds: the world of doughnuts and the world of muffins. In this recipe, I have married these two treats into a union of tasty goodness.
And it took less than 15 minutes to do.
The Recipe:
Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Muffins, adapted from In Good Taste
1 c flour
1/2 c sugar
1 T baking powder
2 t cinnamon
1 egg
1/2 c milk
1 t vanilla
4 T vegetable oil
3 T melted butter
2 T sugar and 1 t cinnamon combined in a bowl
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Stir dry ingredients together. Add egg, vanilla, and milk and whisk together for one minute. Add oil and continue to whisk until well combined.
Grease muffin tin. Fill each 2/3 way with batter. Bake for 7-9 minutes. Allow doughnuffins to cool for a minute or two. Then brush tops with melted butter and sprinkle sugar mixture on top.
The Results:
A little creativity goes a long way to getting back your mojo, let me tell you.
I had seen a more traditional doughnut-flavored muffin on Pinterest that peaked my interest. And then I remembered that I had found an easy baked doughnut recipe last Spring (that I’d actually remembered to put on my Wish List). So I thought, why not try putting the ideas together.
And I did.
And it worked really, really well!
One of my favorite parts was that my house smelled like a warm doughnut shop while these were baking. It made me super excited for them to be ready.
The doughnuffins puff up really tall in the pan, so don’t let that scare you. And you probably want to leave them in the oven a touch more than you think – a couple of mine were still a little doughy on top, even though the edges were golden brown. Perhaps a toothpick test might help.
The taste of these was SO good! Very, very light like a doughnut, but also like a muffin. Sweet and cinnamon-y (which I admit I cannot even say), with the melted butter and sugar topping on top. Yummy! (I even had to invite my friend over to try one while they were still warm, since I didn’t think the boys would truly appreciate them.)
So, for just 15 minutes of your precious time, you can enjoy this delightful breakfast indulgence.
It’s a win-win, I tell you.
And it may just get your creative cooking juices flowing.
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They look fabulous! Do the tops just naturally bake that way? It looks like you baked a cupcake with a ball of doughnut placed on top. Crazy!
That’s just how they turned out. I’m sure there’s some sort of science behind it, but I don’t know what…
OHGOODNESS…there goes my ‘diet’…darn it!
These look so tasty and so easy!
Just made a gluten-free batch and popped them into the oven! Can’t wait until they are ready!
Oooh, can’t wait to hear how they turn out….
I can’t wait to hear how they turned out too! They look so tasty!
Only 15 minutes to prep! My kids would love this recipe and love how the top looks. It’s like a donut hole on top of a muffin.
Lisa, it’s actually only 15 minutes total – including baking. Super easy!
Yum yum, and how clever! I bet these are so sweet and yummy! I have been so jeal of donut recipes because I have no tin, but I do have a muffin tin:]
I’m all over these little guys! 15 minutes? Nice! That topping is especially getting to me. I mean you really can’t go wrong with cinnamon, sugar and butter. Now I’m thinking I may need to make these tonight. LOL! (Did make your Amish bread again tonight – fed it to my parents and they raved about it!)
It makes my heart happy to hear that the Amish bread has been such a success for you, Kristy!
Now you gotta try these muffins. 
The idea of filling the kitchen with the scent of cinnamon baking one morning is almost irresistible. In only 15 minutes? I’m there.
Doughnuffins! i like the way it sounds!
These look mojolicious.
Your doughnuffins look great. I’m glad you got your mojo back!
Lovely! These look amazing, and I can’t believe how quickly they come together!
Doughnuffin is officially my new favorite word… ever. These look amazemazemaze-ing!
I can smell the cinnamon baking now. Yum! they turned out very unique with the donut tops, I wonder why this happens in the baking process.
Put doughnuts and muffins together? Now your talking my language!!
Have a great weekend!
Less than 15 minutes? How could I turn such a recipe down? Especially when there’s cinnamon and sugar invovled–definitely my weakness! These sound delicious!
Ok.. where was I when you posted this. I;m glad I didn’t miss it because they look so darn DELICIOUS. Foe someone who’s new at this, you certainly are great at this
What a fabulous morph of deliciousness.
Beautiful! They look delicious and thank you for linking up to me!
This is so unique.. I love how pretty they are as well! This could be a very dangerous recipe for me to try, they’re the type of thing I get addicted to!!
[...] Adapted from here and here Makes 12 muffins – 1 c flour – 1/2 c sugar – 1 tablespoon baking powder – 1 tsp. cinnamon [...]
Oh my gosh, these look so good
I love how delicious that crusty sugar on top is! Definitely an addictive recipe!
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