Cinnamon Doughnut Muffins

 

Yield: 12 muffins       

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon

¾ cup sugar

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 egg, lightly beaten

¾ cup milk

Jam

 

TOPPING

¼ cup butter, Melted

1/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Grease twelve muffin cups or line with paper bake cups; set aside
3. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon; set aside.
4. In another bowl combine the sugar, oil, egg, and milk.  Whisk well until all ingredients are combined.
5. Make a well in the dry ingredients; add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. 
6. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy)
7. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each cup 1/3 full, place 1 teaspoon of jam on top.
8. Cover jam with enough batter to fill cups two-thirds full. 
9. Bake in a 350 F oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden and a wooden toothpick inserted in centers come out clean.
10. Melt butter in a small bowl; combine sugar and cinnamon in another bowl.  Immediately after removing muffins from the oven; dip tops in butter, then in cinnamon sugar.
11. Serve warm.