Sugar and Cinnamon Spice Muffins

Submitted by Nancy G.

"A great muffin to go with your morning coffee."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 18 muffins

ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon clove
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
• 1⁄2 cup raisins (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped (optional)

directions

1. Combine dry ingredients. Stir in milk, egg, and butter, beating only enough to blend. Stir in raisins and nuts, of desired.
2. Fill greased muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake at 400º for 20 minutes or until muffins test done.

Reviews

[carole in orlando]

This is the best flavored muffin! It is a close to Mimi's as I have found. I followed the recipe and it made 12 nice sized muffins. I used walnuts, golden raisins and 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1 1/2 tsp of nutmeg. Thanks for the recipe. Carole in Orlando

 

[Marg (CaymanDesigns)]

What a lovely muffin! I only made a few minor changes. I didn't have any cloves, so I used 1/4 tsp of ginger and I cut the nutmeg back to 1/2 tsp since my daughter doesn't really care for it. The kids said they were excellent. They stayed moist for several days. Thanks for posting!

 

[LillyZackMom]

EXCELLENT! I made a few changes...in an attempt to lighten them up I used 1c skim milk w/1T white vinegar instead of the buttermilk. Instead of 1/2c butter I used 1/4c butter and 1/4c unsweetened applesauce. I'm not a HUGE fan of strong clove or nutmeg flavors - I wanted a muffin with a primarily cinnamon flavor and a hint of nutmeg and cloves, so I adjusted the spices and ended up with 3/4t cloves, 1 1/2t cinnamon, and 1/2t nutmeg. I ended up with 17 muffins....we promptly ate about half of them and the rest are in the freezer for breakfasts. I think next time I make these I'll use all applesauce and omit the butter. Thanks for sharing!

 

[stlgirl777]

Thank you for a great recipe! We made the recipe as-is with white whole wheat self-rising flour (King Arthur), no baking soda, half cup brown sugar instead of 1 cup sugar, and one snack pack of apple sauce instead of eggs. We also added two tablespoons of flax meal and substituted dried low sugar cranberries for raisins. This recipe creates the best baking smell for Fall and Winter too!

 

[Maerain H.]

Loved this recipe! Got me so inspired that I went ahead and dusted the muffins with cinnamon and Demerara Cane Sugar.