Cinnamon Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins

By littlefish

These delicious little muffins take on the taste of a doughnut when dunked in butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Baked donut recipes never looked so good. These Cinnamon Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins are sure to be a hit!

Ingredients

• For rolling the muffins in:
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar mixed with 2 tablespoons cinnamon

Details

Servings 30
Adapted from recipelion.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a mini muffin pan.

In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Set aside.

In a small bowl, mix together the milk and pumpkin. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter and 1/2 cup of sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and continue mixing.

Add the dry ingredients gradually, alternating with the pumpkin/milk mixture.

Fill the prepared muffin cups to about 3/4 full and bake for about 20 minutes.

Cool for a few minutes on a cooling rack. When cool enough to handle, roll in the melted butter and then in the cinnamon/sugar mixture.