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Muffins that bake up beautifully tall and rounded, loaded with cinnamony-sugary goodness.
WOW! Yum! My word! MMMMM! Amazing! Oh my! Schmakalacka! Whoa! YIKES! Fab! ....... What's your superlative word? You know, the one you use when something is quite extraordinary, the one you'll say for sure when ...........
............. you smell the intoxicating aroma of these delightful SnickerDoodle Muffins wafting through your kitchen.
............. when you take a peek in the oven and see them rising up so beautifully tall and rounded.
............. when you pull them out, all golden and glistening with cinnamony-sugary goodness.
............. when you can't resist any longer, breaking one apart, warm from the oven, slathering a touch of the sweet, spicy butter as it melts right before your eyes, filling every little moist nook and cranny.
............. but most of all, when you take that first, melt-in-your-mouth, delicious bite.
.............. Oh yeah, be ready - cause whatever your superlative word is, you'll find yourself saying it ................. more than once!
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 stick butter softened (for the DoodleSnicker Butter)
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Preheat oven to 400˚F.
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Combine the first ½ cup sugar with the one tablespoon of cinnamon. Mix well to combine. Set aside.
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Spray 12 muffin pan cups liberally with cooking spray. Using your index finger wrapped with a paper towel rub inner surfaces of muffin cups to ensure complete coverage. Sprinkle approximately 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture into each muffin cup. Holding the pan over the sink, tilt pan to coat each cup with the sugar cinnamon mixture. If needed use a little more of the sugar/cinnamon and sprinkle any unsugared places with mixture. When cups are coated, discard any loose sugar into the sink.
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Beat butter and sugar. Add egg and beat well. Combine milk and sour cream. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with milk mixture beating just until combined.
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Spoon by rounded teaspoons into greased muffin cups, sprinkling a ½ teaspoon of the cinnamon/sugar mixture over each teaspoon full. Continue till each muffin cup is ⅔ full. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon over top of each muffin. Reserve the rest of the sugar for the DoodleSnicker Butter. (You should have about ¼ cup left.)
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Bake at 400˚F for 5 minutes. Reduce temperature to 325˚F and continue to bake another 10 -15 minutes until springy when gently touched on top. (This initial burst of heat helps the muffins rise tall and round.)
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Remove from oven. Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan and place onto a cooling rack. Try to control yourself a bit if you can!
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Place remaining sugar in a microwave-safe bowl.
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Add 2 teaspoons of the butter and microwave on high for 10-20 seconds or until butter is melted. Remove from microwave and stir to combine. Mixture should be like a thick paste.
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Allow to cool then add to softened butter, swirling through butter just a bit. Serve at room temperature with the muffins.
I'm sharing this over at On the Menu Monday at Stone Gable
Mansi says
wowo! you got me at the name and the photo! they look perfect! got here from TS, and I'd love it if you could share this recipe with the BakeFest blog event on my blog:
http://www.funandfoodcafe.com/2012/10/blog-event-bake-fest-12.html
Thanks,
Mansi
Lizzy Do says
Ooh, boy, these look magnificent, Chris!! I know I'd need more than one...and that butter is making me swoon~
Food, Fun and Life in the Charente says
I do not make muffins very often but you have convinced me that these are worth trying 🙂 Keep well Diane
Patty says
I love the name snicker doodles, who ever came up with that one!? It's so cute -I've never seen muffins baked with these flavors and they are making me very happy(and a little hungry;-) They look fantastic;-)
Happier Than a Pig in Mud says
They sound great and look beautiful! My saying for amazing food is "that's just not right"-meaning it's just too good:@)
The Café Sucré Farine says
Thanks Anonymous for getting back to us about your yummy muffins! I do hope sister #2 got a least one! 🙂
Kim Garceau says
Wow! Wow! These muffins (and the butter) looks absolutely AMAZING! Plus these are stunning!
Mari @ Once Upon a Plate says
Oh my heavens ~ is this combination divine, or what?!
You feature the best recipes! Thank you for sharing this one. ((hugs)) and blessings! ~m. 😉
Anonymous says
I had my daughter take them out of the oven while I dropped off my other daughter and when I walked through the door she exclaimed "these muffins are awesome!" She has already eaten 3 since they came out of the oven. Hope there's some left for when her sister comes home!
I didn't have nutmeg so I substituted cinnamon instead, but followed the rest of the recipe. They are delicious! My daughter told me to make another batch now so she can eat all the muffins!
Claire @ Claire K Creations says
I'm imagining how good snickerdoodles smell while they're baking and I bet these are at least 5 times more delicious.
Mmm mmm mmm nom nom nom.
Sue/the view from great island says
I'm swooning, I can just smell them right now!
Rosita Vargas says
Lucen absolutamente lindos y tentadores me encantan a la canela Mmmmmm ....Woooww quiero uno,abrazos hugs hugs.
The Café Sucré Farine says
I love that one Sandra, it's new to me! You always teach me new things!
The Café Sucré Farine says
Jenifer - you totally crack me up!
Sandra Lee says
Alrighty then, I have to have these. These are moving to the top of the must make list. They are going to be the bomb/diggity-ist! How's that for a superlative.
Kate says
Mmmmm....snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie so I am certain these would quickly become by favorite muffin.....and, topped with snickerdoodle butter...what could be better!!
Tricia @ saving room for dessert says
Chris I am absolutely drooling. I can smell them baking now. This is the kind of thing I could diet all week if I knew I could have one on the weekend. Slathered in butter - oozing and dripping - eat it with a folk frenzy!
bellini says
These sound like something I would love to try.
Laura Dembowski says
I love snickerdoodles, but the muffins never seem to live up to the hype. These definitely look like they will with all that cinnamon sugar goodness! YUM 🙂
Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Pepppers says
My word is "Holy Crapper Dapper Doos'! and that is exactally what these muffins are ! I have to make them! Snickerdoodles are in my top three favorite cookies and you tuirned them into a muffin! Yummy!!
Patti says
Another of your fantastic recipes I have pinned to my page.
I love snickerdoodle cookies, so I have no doubt I will love these muffins. I'm already imagining one with a piping hot cup of Earl Grey.
Hovkonditorn says
I would love to have one right now 🙂 Wow, they look so yummy!
Marina@Picnic at Marina says
Hi Chris, I can smell a lot of cinnamon in the air... 🙂 Lovely muffins, just in time for breakfast...
Jen Trip says
I've always loved Snicker Doodle cookies but had no idea about the muffin form.
Have to get my hands on some of these.
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
These muffins look heavenly, I think I need one for my Monday breakfast! 🙂