Sugar Donut Muffins

Before I left for Missouri, I printed off several recipes I wanted to try out while I was on vacation. Sugar Donut Muffins just seemed like a natural choice. Sugar, donut, muffins, what's not to like?

I came across the recipe at Baking Bites, and didn't change a thing. I'll re-copy it below, but I can't take a lick of credit for this recipe. These muffins were so good I made them twice in Missouri, and would have made them three times if the zucchini bread I made didn't last as long as it did!

Sugar Donut Muffins

Ingredients:

3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking power

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

1/4 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp butter, melted

1/2 cup sugar, for rolling

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a muffin tin with cooking spray or vegetable oil.

2. In a large bowl, beat together sugar and egg until light in color.

3. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Pour into egg mixture and stir to combine.

4. Pour in vegetable oil, milk and vanilla extract. Divide batter evenly into 12 muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full.

5. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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

When they are done, lightly brush the top of each with some melted butter, remove from the pan and roll in sugar.

7. Enjoy with coffee, with vanilla ice cream, or just plain by themselves!