Cinnamon-sugar Doughnut Mini-muffins

I spent half of last week down at my parents house. They drove my little sister Mackenzie to BYU-I, and I agreed to come down to watch littlest sister Jordie.

I snuggled some wiener dogs,

Walked a fat white pig bulldog,

Stole borrowed mom's car, and sunglasses, and nail polish, and life..

Didn't hang out with friends, because they're all still in school. Way to overachieve Noelle. Now you have no friends. 

Took yoga classes in the middle of the day with all of the other housewives,

and napped on the softest leather couch. ever.

I knew that I would be Jordan's personal taxi cab, taking her to school and soccer practice- not expecting to cook very much.

But she kept asking me what I was making for dinner. And if I would make her breakfast in the morning. It made me laugh..people seem to forget how to cook when I'm around...

my husband has lost all ability..to the point where picking up tacos is considered "making dinner"..but I digress.

Saturday I made her these. I wanted to take advantage of the mini muffin tins that my kitchen lacks (hint for Christmas gift family!)

Though their name is a mouthful, these cinnamon-sugar doughnut mini-muffins are a fun and quick breakfast treat. I made them early in the morning, went to yoga, then came back to find half of them gone. So I guess she liked them. haha.
 

Cinnamon-sugar doughnut mini-muffins

adapted from The Apron gal

Ingredients

1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup margarine, melted
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup all-purpose flour

Topping
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 24 mini-muffin cups.

Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup margarine, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Stir in the milk, then mix in the baking powder and flour until just combined. Fill the prepared mini muffin cups about half full.

Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are lightly golden, around 15 minutes.

While muffins are baking, place 1/4 cup of melted margarine in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together 1/2 cup of sugar with the cinnamon. Remove muffins from their cups, lightly dip each muffin in the melted butter, and roll in the sugar-cinnamon mixture. (I recommend just rolling the tops of the muffins so they aren't drowning in cinnamon sugar.) 

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