Cinnamon Sugar Muffins
Sweet and tender cinnamon sugar muffins are so easy and quick to make. Dip the tops in melted butter and cinnamon sugar while they're warm and enjoy a tender and delicious homemade muffin.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 22 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (melted)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup milk (2% or whole)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2.5 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter (reserved in a small bowl)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 350ºF and prepare a 12 cup muffin tin with liners or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- 2
Melt butter in the microwave until just melted. Let cool if needed (butter should be warm room temperature). Pour in the sugar and eggs. Whisk until completely combined. Add the milk and vanilla and whisk until incorporated and smooth.
- 3
To a separate bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. Whisk the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together.
- 4
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula until just mixed - it's okay if your batter has a few small streaks of flour. The key to a tender muffin is not over-mixing.
- 5
Scoop muffin batter into the wells of the muffin tin, filling the tins about 3/4 of the way full. This recipe makes about 12-14 muffins.
- 6
Bake for 20-22 minutes until muffins are baked all the way through. The tops of the muffins should not jiggle and if you insert a toothpick to the middle of the muffin it will come out clean.
- 7
While the muffins cool prepare the topping: Melt butter in a bowl. Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl. Dip the top of each muffin into the butter and then dip into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Continue this process until every muffin in coated in cinnamon/sugar. Enjoy warm!