Funfetti Muffins with Butter and Cinnamon
These “Funfetti muffins” are incredible! They’re melt-in-your-mouth muffins and are ideal for breakfast or snack, one leads to another: just baked, still warm, they’re dipped in melted butter and then in a mixture of sugar and cinnamon, offering a unique flavor and aroma!!
The recipe for making these muffins is very easy and quick, the batter is ready with a hand whisk in 5 minutes, no electric mixers or stand mixers.
Cute and super soft, these muffins are ideal for occasions like Carnival, Valentine’s Day, birthdays, and children’s parties, BUT they’re so good that I make them all year round, simple and without sprinkles.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 12 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: International
- Seasonality: All Seasons, Carnival
Ingredients for Funfetti Muffins with Butter and Cinnamon
- 3.6 cups Flour
- 1.1 cups Sugar
- 1 cup Whole Milk
- 2 Whole Eggs
- 5.3 oz Melted Butter
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 7.1 oz Melted Butter
- 1.1 cups Granulated Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
- to taste Colored Sugar Sprinkles (for decoration (optional))
Tools
- Bowl
- Saucepan
- Muffin Pan
- Cupcake Liners
Preparation of Funfetti Muffins with Butter and Cinnamon
First of all, preheat the oven to 356 °F.
First, combine all the dry ingredients, sifted (flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, cinnamon), and then the liquid ingredients (melted butter (in a double boiler), eggs, milk) by making a well in the center of the dry ingredients, pour the mixed liquids into it, and briefly incorporate with a hand whisk (they say a maximum of 10, 20, 18 stirs in total), the batter should remain lumpy, this is the trick to keep them soft!
Spoon the batter into the prepared liners placed in a muffins/cupcakes pan.
Bake in the preheated oven at 356 °F for about 20 minutes (max 22 minutes, no more).
Melt the butter in a double boiler.
In a small bowl, mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon.
Just baked, while still hot, roll the muffins in the melted butter and then in the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
Decorate the funfetti muffins with colored sprinkles, roll them again in the melted butter and then in the colored sprinkles.
You can also freeze these muffins (and then thaw them at room temperature).
Tips and Notes
Funfetti muffins are cute to prepare for parties and various celebrations or for occasions like Carnival/Valentine’s Day, birthday parties
To have a nice high dome fill the molds almost completely (NOT to 2/3).
If you love muffins, also try these soft “Rose Petal and Raspberry Soft Cakes”.
Shopping Tips!!!
I wonderfully baked the muffins in this set of 2 nonstick carbon steel muffin pans, thanks to the sturdy carbon steel structure, the pans don’t warp and heat evenly, so there’s no need to worry about burning food in some spots, then inside the pans I placed these reusable silicone baking cups (pack of 24) so you don’t have to grease the pans with oil or butter each time, they are a valid and practical economical alternative to disposable paper liners.
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