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Get the Recipe: Maple Brown Sugar Donut Muffins Recipe

Maple brown sugar donut muffins are a cross between two breakfast classics: donuts and muffins! Maple donut batter is baked in a muffin pan and tossed in three different types of sugar, just like a sugared donut.
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Ingredients

For the Maple Brown Sugar Donut Muffin Batter

For the Maple Brown Sugar Donut Muffin Coating

  • 5 Tablespoons (2.5 ounces or 71 grams) Maple Me Crazy™ Butter Spread, melted and cooled slightly
  • ¼ cup tightly packed (1.85 ounces or 52 grams) light OR dark brown sugar
  • ¼ cup (1.75 ounces or 50 grams) granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup (1.35 ounces or 38 grams) maple sugar

Equipment

  • a muffin pan
  • cooking spray
  • a 1-Tablespoon OR 3-Tablespoon cookie dough scoop
  • a pastry brush

Instructions
 

For the Maple Brown Sugar Donut Muffins

  • Prep the oven and pans. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray the inside of the cavities in the muffin tin generously with cooking spray.
  • Make the dry mix. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt.
  • Make the wet mix. In a large bowl, mix together the maple syrup, melted Maple Me Crazy™ Butter Spread, eggs, and buttermilk.
  • Make the muffin batter. Gradually mix in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.
  • Assemble the muffins. Use a 1 ½-Tablespoon or 3-Tablespoon cookie dough scoop to fill each cavity with 3 generous Tablespoons of the batter.
  • Bake the muffins. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, or until the muffins are domed and a skewer inserted into the center of a muffin comes out with a few crumbs attached. Cool in the muffin pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then turn the muffins out onto the rack to cool slightly.
  • Make the coating. While the muffins are cooling, make the coating. Pour the melted Maple Me Crazy™ Butter Spread into a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and maple sugar.
  • Assemble the muffins. Quickly brush the top and sides of a muffin with the melted Maple Me Crazy™ Butter Spread. Immediately sprinkle with the sugar coating to coat completely and place on a wire rack. Repeat with the remaining muffins.
  • Serve and store. Serve warm or at room temperature. The muffins can be wrapped individually in plastic wrap or stored in an airtight container or under a cake dome at room temperature for up to 2 days.
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