Today I really would like to start my post with a big THANK YOU! This big THANK YOU is for Emily of Fuss Free Cooking for mentioning me among her favorite 7 blogs. You should really check out the other blogs she links to from her post (here) because they are all amazing. So THANK YOU Emily, you made my day!
To the thank you I would like to add a very quick recipe of Sugar Donut Muffins....actually THE Sugar Donut Muffins, because I have tried others but they were not as good as these! I have never made donuts, in part because they have not been in my life since when I was a kid, in part because I have to admit that I’m not really good at frying. However, donuts are in my (long) to-bake (or to-fry) list of goodies. I promised myself that one day I will go over my fear of frying and I will make donuts. By now, I thought of taking an intermediate step with these sugar donut muffins. All the merits of this recipe go to Nicole of Baking Bites. I found the recipe there and, I have to say, I did not have to change a thing! They were simply perfect. So, I’ll keep my post short and go and think about my next recipe. Enjoy!
Sugar Donut Muffins
Ingredients
150 gr (5.3 oz or 3/4 cup) sugar
1 large egg
190 gr (6.75 oz or 1 1/2 cups) all purpose flour
10 gr (2 tsp) baking power
1 pinch (1/4 tsp) salt
1 pinch (1/4 tsp) ground nutmeg
60 ml (2 fl oz or 1/4 cup) vegetable oil
180 ml (6 fl oz or 3/4 cup) milk
5 gr (1 tsp) vanilla extract
28 gr (2 tbsp) butter, melted
100 gr (3.55 oz or 1/2 cup) sugar, for rolling
Preheat oven to 350F and grease a muffin pan.
In a large bowl, beat together sugar and egg until creamy.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Add the dry ingredients into the egg mixture and stir. Finally, pour in the vegetable oil, the milk and the vanilla extract.
Pour the batter into the muffin cups and bake for 15-18 minutes.
While the muffins are baking, melt the butter and pour remaining sugar into a small bowl.
When muffins are done, lightly brush the top of each with some melted butter, remove from the pan and roll in sugar. Cool on a wire rack.
Source: Baking Bites
Donut Muffins
Mmm these look great! I've been looking for a sugary donut recipe, so I'll have to give this one a try.
ReplyDeleteMy sugar addicted, 11 year old daughter will LOVE these! (So will I!)
ReplyDeleteThese look drop deda great
ReplyDeleteThank you all ladies. This is a real fool proof recipe and it takes so little time to make that you can make it for any last moment need
ReplyDeleteHow many muffins does this make? --Dee
ReplyDelete@Dee: I got 12 smallish muffins. I would suggest making them small because the texture is dense
ReplyDeleteThese look fantastic:)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. These look sooo good. And definitely healthier than frying ;) Or at least I'll tell myself that! *saving as favorite* I'm going to make these soon!
ReplyDelete@Katherine: "healthier than frying" that's exactly what I told myself...and then you end up eating soooo many more than one :)
ReplyDeleteThese would also be fantastic with a raspberry preserve filling (to kind give the jelly donut feel!). They look amazing!
ReplyDeleteOh great idea Whitney. I must try it!
ReplyDeleteI have the same recipe bookmarked, glad you gave 'em a go, I still have got to make these!
ReplyDeleteYum!I love donuts and I especially like how these are baked instead of fried. So now I can eat 5 in one sitting and it's totally okay, right?
ReplyDelete@CC Recipe: I had it bookmarked since a long time too...sure I would have found the right day to make them...there is always a good time to make them!
ReplyDelete@Mackenzie: that's pretty much how it worked for me....not fried?! I can have many...they lasted one day in my home!
Oh, these look delicious. I love the fact that they aren't fried. I'll have to head over to Nicole at Baking Bites and thank her too!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite muffin recipes. I love your photograph of it...the individual sugar granules are so distinct. Gorgeous...and delicious :)
ReplyDeleteWe do owe a big thank you to Nicole! I usually have a tendency of changing all the recipes I find, even by a tiny little bit but this one is perfect just like this. And you ladies know, I love simple recipes. This one is soooo quick to make
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! There's a bakery here outside Boston that does donut muffins, and they're all the rage.
ReplyDeleteMm! That's divine. I think a donut muffin like this would impress many of my friends!
ReplyDeleteOH MY!!!! This looks amazing! I love doughnuts. I am definately making these today. Try my recipe for the fried version on my blog. Very easy and simple. Lovely post!!!!
ReplyDeletethey look amazing!!! no wonder your on the top 9 today at food buzz!! congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThank you all guys! I have to admit that a part from being very good these donut muffin really have a super cute appearance...they remind me of the smurfs houses (I looved watching smurfs when I was a kid...and also now!).
ReplyDelete@ Joudie: I will definitely try your recipe. At some point I will have to get over my frying fear :)
Those look so cute!! I also love the photographs :)
ReplyDeleteSara, I'm making these tonight! Thanks for sharing! Congrats on Top 9!
ReplyDelete-Gina-
Sugar donuts are the best!
ReplyDeleteThese donuts look great and I have a fear of frying so this perfect. Yum!!! If I made them I would find a way to eat them with nutella!
ReplyDeleteThrilled to be following you! These look absolutely divine! I just want to lick the sugar right off! yumm!
ReplyDelete@ all the super cool foodbloggers that commented on this post: I always do my best to answer all (or almost) you comments! Today I got back from 6 hours with the kids pretty sick :( so I don't know if I have the strength to do so but in the meantime I would love to thank you all for the nice comments...and please, please, please..don't give too many dangerous suggestions! Jam or nutella fillings?!? come on guys, you make me drool so much that now I have to make them again! they literally lasted only one day in my home!
ReplyDeleteWould this still work as well if I used fat free milk? I generally try doing all of my baking with whole milk, because it has a richer flavor, but unfortunately I don't have it on hand at the moment. Thanks!
ReplyDelete@Morganic: I think you can use fat free milk. Let me know how it comes out!
ReplyDeleteI just made these with fat free milk and they are great. I'm sure they would be a little richer with whole milk, but they are fabulous with skim milk.
ReplyDelete@Rachel: thanks for letting me know! It's always good to know whether a recipe works with other ingredients. You always end up at a party with somebody on specific diet restriction or allergies or food preferences!
ReplyDeleteOh my... Yum!! Can't wait to try these!
ReplyDeleteWow! These look so good! But I have an issue. I typically use the guide of 125grams for 1 cup of flour. So for 1.5 cups I will use 187 grams. But it is stated as 340 grams in this recipe which is a big difference and I am not sure which one to follow....
ReplyDelete@Pei: oh wow...that was a HUGE typo thank you so much for pointing it out...the recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups which according to my conversion tables are 190gr....so a number very close to yours...I don't know where I pulled out the other number from...sometimes with all these conversions I go nuts! Thank you again!
ReplyDeleteHi Sara, will you please share with me the conversion table that you use? Because I think the one I use is not very accurate.
ReplyDeleteHi Pei Lin, I use the conversion from AllRecipes. Here is the link. I think I will write a post about it soon cause conversions drive me nuts
ReplyDeletehttp://allrecipes.com//HowTo/cup-to-gram-conversions/Detail.aspx