french breakfast muffins

makes 12 muffins

muffin ingredients:

2 cups flour

2/3 cup sugar

2 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 large egg

1 cup plus 2 tbsp milk

6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled

1 tsp vanilla extract

cinnamon-sugar topping ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled

directions:

1. preheat the oven to 375 degrees. butter the bottoms (only) of muffin tin.

2. in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.

3. in a medium sized bowl, whisk the egg until it's froth. blend in the milk, melted butter, and vanilla. make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the liquid mixture.

4. using a wooden spoon, mix the batter just until it's even blended, then spoon it into the muffin cups, filling about two-thrids.

5. bake the muffins on the center rack for 15 minutes. then rotate the pan and bake for an additional 5 to 7 minutes. let cool for 5 minutes before removing muffins from the tin.

6. before the muffins loose their warmth, prepare the topping. mix the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. melt the butter and transfer in to a separate small bowl. set both bowls next to the muffins.

7. working one muffin at a time quickly dip the tops in the melted butter and then in the cinnamon sugar, rolling each muffin in all directions to cover the entire top.

(note: after my first batch came out a bit toasty, i found that my oven runs a bit hot, so i knocked down the temp to just shy of 375, and baked for 12 minutes, rotated pan and then baked for an additional 5 minutes.)

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