Cinnamon Muffins

Submitted by CinnamonSpice

"A lovely muffin from Irma Rombauer's wonderful book, "The Joy of Cooking"."

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 12 Muffins
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• For the muffins

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup plain yogurt (not non-fat)
• 2⁄3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 4 -6 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

• For the topping

• 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
• 1⁄4 cup white sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line standard muffin tin with paper cups, or grease thoroughly.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, yogurt, brown sugar, oil, vanilla, and cinnamon (if using).
4. Carefully add flour mixture, blending just until moistened. (Resist the urge to over-mix! Batter is not suppose to be smooth).
5. Divide batter among the muffin cups. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in one of the muffins comes out clean.
6. While the muffins are backing, melt the butter in a small bowl. In a separate small, shallow bowl, combine white sugar and cinnamon.
7. As soon as the muffins are finished baking, dip them one at a time into the melted butter. Roll (if using paper muffin cups: dip) them in the cinnamon sugar mixture, then set on a rack to cool.
8. Enjoy!

Reviews

[RSL]

DELICIOUS! These taste kind of like a snickerdoodle, which I happen to adore. I did add more cinnamon, probably close to a tablespoon, and I used more in the topping as well, again probably close to a tablespoon. I had a little leftover butter but barely enough cinnamon/sugar, so next time I would probably use 3 T. butter and increase the cinnamon/sugar by half. These are just fantastic, I will absolutely be making them again. Made for PAC Spring '11.

 

[roseblossom1632]

It was great! It really fluffed up and had a great aroma and taste with an unbelievable texture. I did tweak it a bit, I added raisins to it and added a bit more cinnamon.

 

[irishscorpio]

I have made this recipe several times now, and everyone loves it. I have tweaked it a little bit; I put 1 Tbsp Cinnamon and 1 1/2 tsp vanilla, and instead of the melted butter/cinnamon sugar I use sugar gems for sparkle and a yummy crunchy topping.

 

[kellychris]

These were FANTASTIC! Everything seemed to work out to the perfect proportions for me :) . I did add cinnamon (1 tbls.) to the muffin itself. made for Spring PAC,2011.

 

[Agnes 2]

Flavor and texture was okay, but I was hoping the muffins would have a bit more punch. I think I will make them again, but with a lot more cinnamon. Thanks for posting.