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Friday, February 3, 2012

Cinnamon Muffins


Here's a simple, quick muffin when you want a treat for breakfast or tea.  Mixes up quickly and bakes in only about twenty minutes.  Now this is certainly not health food, but maybe a bit better for you than a doughnut or store-bought muffin.  You can use skim milk and can even replace 1/2 cup of the flour with whole wheat flour.

These muffins are best hot from the oven, especially split open and spread with a little extra butter (mmmm), but they are also good after they cool.



Cinnamon Muffins
Slightly adapted from A Taste of the Treasure Coast by The Yacht and Country Club of Stuart, Florida

Muffins:
1/3 cup solid vegetable shortening (like Crisco)
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup milk
Topping:
3 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  In large bowl, beat together shortening, sugar and egg.  Sift dry ingredients together and add to egg/sugar mixture in three parts, alternating with milk.  Mix well after each addition.

Line muffin cups with cupcake liners.  Fill muffin cups 2/3-3/4 full.  Bake at 350 F. for 20-25 minutes until lightly golden brown.   

While muffins are baking, melt butter.  In small bowl, mix together sugar and cinnamon.  When muffins are done, immediately dip tops in melted butter and then in cinnamon/sugar.



Printable recipe

27 comments:

  1. These look delicious, especially since I haven't had lunch yet!
    Have a great weekend! Which team is your gang rooting for?

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  2. I happen to love cinnamon! I'm gonna try these!

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  3. I love recipes that can be made with regular items from your pantry. This is super. Hope you have a great weekend!

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  4. Oh I love this! Looks so yummy!! Thanks for dropping by and the sweet comments you made about our Gully!! I'm one of your newest friends!

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  5. What a beautiful looking muffin. Love the cinnamon sugar on the top. It's breakfast time in Sydney now and I would love to start my day with a couple of those straight from the oven with that little bit of extra butter you recommended.

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  6. Simple yet scrumptious! - I love the plate in the picture also!

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  7. These are so pretty and they look so yummy! You captured that sparkly cinnamon / sugar topping!! Happy Friday!

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  8. These look delicious! Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Aww.. Cute and yummy looking muffin.

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  10. Is it Minton china? Looks like it might be Minton.

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    1. I couldn't reply to you via e-mail as your comment came as a no-reply-comment, so I hope you see this, Dishfunctional. Thanks for stopping by.

      The saucer was manufactured in England for Burley & Co. Chicago. There is no pattern name, but a number on the back looks like 542589. It's hard to read.

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  11. Hi there! Oh my, I think we have some things in common. I love to cook, crafts and we have two Goldens. ;) Thanks so much for visiting my blog and leaving a comment so that I could find your blog also. I'm not online at home, but I do take the laptop out occasionally so that I can leave comments. My phone doesn't allow me to do that, only read.

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  12. Looks really yummy! I can almost taste it now!

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  13. Those are beautiful! I'm seeing raspberry jam on mine...

    Dough, Dirt & Dye

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  14. I love, love, love anything with cinnamon! This recipe looks just like one that I have but haven't made in years and it is fabulous!

    Muffins and tea......perfect!

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  15. Yummy! I wish we had smell-a-blogger-vision!!

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  16. These look irresistible! I love easy recipes that make breakfast really special.

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  17. Cinnamon baking gives off such a beautiful fragrance. This muffin gives the benefit of a good flavor and a good aroma.

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  18. Mmm these look delicious! I just found your blog through your comment on Sarahndipities blog. Maggie xx

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  19. These look so delicious!!!! I love cinnamon. Thank you for stopping by my blog. :)

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  20. mmmm delicious :)

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  21. Oooh, cinnamon is one of my favourites - I bet these make your whole house smell delicious!!

    Yummy!

    Sarahx

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  22. Cinnamon, sugar and butter.....three of my favorite ingredients!!! I will definitely give these a try! Thanks for sharing, Lynette!

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  23. Thank you so much for stopping bye my blog www.islandbuzzy.com and for your sweet comment! I love your blog..following you here and on pinterest..omg, sounds like a stalker..LOL! I'm adding your link to my blog! Aloha, Connie

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