{"id":4692,"date":"2025-06-26T21:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/?p=4692"},"modified":"2025-06-26T21:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:03:17","slug":"grandmas-fluffy-cinnamon-sugar-donut-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/26\/grandmas-fluffy-cinnamon-sugar-donut-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma\u2019s Fluffy Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2728<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tastes like donuts, bakes like muffins\u2014pure magic!<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<p>For the Muffins:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup (120ml) milk<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups (190g) all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp ground nutmeg (optional but nostalgic!)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the Cinnamon Sugar Topping:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 cup (60g) unsalted butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat your oven to 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C). Grease a mini or regular muffin tin (no liners needed unless you prefer them).<\/li>\n<li>Cream the softened butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li>Add the egg, milk, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture just until combined\u2014don\u2019t overmix.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon the batter into the muffin tin, filling each about 2\/3 full.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 15\u201318 minutes (regular muffins) or 10\u201312 minutes (mini muffins), until a toothpick comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool for 5 minutes, then remove from the tin.<\/li>\n<li>Dip each warm muffin in melted butter, then roll in cinnamon sugar until coated.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\ud83e\udd44<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tips from Grandma:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use nutmeg for that classic donut shop flavor.<\/li>\n<li>Best enjoyed warm with a cup of tea or coffee.<\/li>\n<li>Store in an airtight container\u2014if they last that long!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2728\u00a0 Tastes like donuts, bakes like muffins\u2014pure magic! Ingredients: For the Muffins: 1\/2 cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened 1\/2 cup&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Grandma\u2019s Fluffy Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins - Grandma Baking Recipes","description":"\u2728 \u00a0 Tastes like donuts, bakes like muffins\u2014pure magic! Ingredients: For the Muffins: 1\/2 cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened 1\/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar 1"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4694,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4692\/revisions\/4694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}