French Toast Muffins

So I had a hankering for some muffins and stumbled across this recipe. Of course it came from Pinterest! This seemed super easy and fun. Unfortunately I did not take a whole lot of pictures when making this only the end result. Amazingly enough they actually tasted like french toast. Granted I did make my own modifications :), but isn't that the fun of cooking.. making it your own to fit your taste bud (and you families)!

Now I followed the recipe just as it was written only adding in 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract which I would add vanilla to my french toast anyways.. Try it for your self and see what you think. My family LOVED them and this is defiantly a breakfast we will do again.. besides what kiddo doesn't love dipping stuff. Just let them dip in the melted butter and give them their own bowls of cinnamon and sugar! Have fun...


The Recipe:

French Breakfast Muffins

1/3 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. sugar
1 egg (preferably room temperature)
1 1/2 c. all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 c. milk

Topping (option: cut topping in half*)
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter, melted
1 tsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350F.

In a medium-large bowl, sift together all dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and stir just until combined, but still a bit lumpy. Do NOT over mix; over mixing will ruin the texture of the finished muffins. Also? Don't over mix the batter. Finally, don't over mix. Scoop batter into muffin tins that have sprayed with cooking spray. Using a large ice cream scoop, I got 8 medium-large muffins out of this batter; I think you could get 10-12 muffins by distributing the batter a little less generously. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until they just start to turn a bit golden at the edges.

For the topping, mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Place melted butter in another small bowl. Dip the warm muffins in melted butter (you can dip just the top, but it's even tastier to dip the whole muffin!), then dip/roll the muffin in cinnamon sugar. *May have left-over topping; the extra topping can be used for dipping, while eating the muffins (oh my). Another option is to cut the topping ingredients in half. CONSUME, ENJOY, GO CRAZY! 

Recipe by:

Ann @:

http://velvetlava.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-am-now-in-muffin-loop.html

Now go... Go bake something already :)