Sugar Donut Muffins

I found these over at CaffeIna last week. With as much as my family enjoys donuts, I thought it would be a good treat for Sunday night. They are super easy to make and I must admit that I really like them. They have great texture and flavor. However, my husband wasn’t a fan. I personally think it was the nutmeg that he didn’t like. It’s a unique flavor and one that I don’t use very often. Mainly in Fall desserts that Kelly doesn’t eat much of anyway. I also think he was expecting more of a donut flavor and so these weren’t what he was looking forward to. I’ve eaten more than my share, however, and my kids liked them.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking power

1/4 tsp salt

1 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

1/4 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

To Finish:

2 tbsp butter, melted

1/2 cup sugar, for rolling

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F and grease a muffin pan.

In a large bowl, beat together sugar and egg until creamy.

In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Add the dry ingredients into the egg mixture and stir. Finally, pour in the vegetable oil, the milk and the vanilla extract.

Pour the batter into the muffin cups and bake for 15-18 minutes.

While the muffins are baking, melt the butter and pour remaining sugar into a small bowl.

When muffins are done, lightly brush the top of each with some melted butter, remove from the pan and roll in sugar. Cool on a wire rack.

WW POINTs: 5 per muffin (yea, not a good idea on a diet)