While this has been a busy week, I still made time to bake. Trivia is always a good venue for trying new recipes, so I made these Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins. These reminded me a bit of snickerdoodles in a muffin form, so I knew they'd be tasty. I opted to make a single batch since it was a new recipe, but a double batch would have been eaten up. I started by melting the butter and letting it cool for a little bit. I mixed together the dry ingredients of flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. To the butter, I added sugar, milk, and egg. I mixed the wet ingredients and it was still pretty lumpy. I added the liquid to the dry and stirred until just moistened. I divided the batter evenly among 12 muffin cups and baked at 350 for about 18 minutes. While the muffins baked, I melted more butter and made a cinnamon sugar mixture. I let the muffins cool for a few minutes after baking and then brushed butter on each muffin and dipped them in the cinnamon sugar mixture. I let them set on a cooling rack to cool completely. I packed them up and off to trivia they went. The muffins were a hit-I shared them with my team, other teams, our beer tenders, and our quiz master. They may have been a good luck charm too, because we definitely had a winning night! If you are a fan of snickerdoodles, these are a great choice and fairly simple to make.

The New Austonian