Recipe: Cinnamon Sugar Breakfast Muffins

I love cinnamon sugar anything. I found out we had a meeting at work and jumped at the opportunity to bake these cinnamon sugar mini muffins for the team (okay, or me...) They are simple to make, and really, really tasty. The only downside, I have a small kitchen and there are quite a few steps for these muffins. So it got a little tight in the kitchen, but it was so worth it. I mean, LOOK AT THEM. You can sees the deliciousness.

I know, beautiful. Okay ready to make them??

What you need:

• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 & 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1 & 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of cake spice (or 1/4 tsp of nutmeg, 1/4 tsp of cinnamon) 
• 1/2 cup of milk

For topping:

• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of butter, melted
• 2 tsp. cinnamon (not going to lie, I usually do more)

How to make these:

 1.) Preheat the oven to 350. Mix together dry ingredients, including the cake spice.

 2.) In a separate bowl mix your liquid ingredients. I usually start with an egg and milk mixture, then slowly pour in the butter, whipping it the whole time so the egg does not get too warm from the butter. After I mix that up really well, pour it into the dry ingredients, and mix.

 3.) Do NOT over mix. The batter will still have some lumpy areas, but you just want to make sure it's all mixed together.

 4.) Use a scooper to dish out even portions.

 5.) Bake in the oven at 350 for around 10 minutes for the mini muffins, for full size do around 20-25. Of course do the toothpick test and make sure they are completely cooked. Allow to sit in the pan for around 5 minutes.

 6.) In a separate container melt your butter and set aside. In another bowl, mix together sugar and cinnamon. Take a muffin and roll the top and sides into the butter. Be carefully not to do this when the muffin is too hot or if you waited to long. It should be around 5-10 minutes out of the oven.

 7.) Once the butter is coating the areas you want to sugar cinnamon mixture to stick to, roll the muffin in the sugar mixture.

 8.) Place on drying rack to set, then EAT!

These little guys are a perfect sweet breakfast. I brought them in today and almost all of them are gone. Hope you enjoy this recipe! :)