Donut Muffins

What’s more delightful than warm donuts and coffee (or my case hot cocoa) on a morning with the family. This is a terrific treat to get the whole family involved in or more realistically the little ones.  They truly love to roll the donut muffins in the cinnamon and sugar. Plus this would be a wonderful activity to add to your list of family traditions. What time of year and when can be entirely up to you. One of my fond memories as a kid was when my Dad would take my sister and I to the bakery or bagel shop on the weekends. Later as a young teen I worked at that particular bakery. It’s simply amazing how many memories I have from there along with my teen years just in general. The memory I’m thinking of today actually took place the weekend of my 15th birthday at my church's youth group. I had decided to do something special and bring in a few boxes of donuts and muffins. At that same time I was suffering from a head cold and hyped up on cold medication. Which later I found out had alcohol in it! That of course makes sense now because I was a new sophomore and usually a little intimated by the older kids. Well that didn't last long because the cold medication just wouldn't allow it! It made me very relaxed yet  I was completely myself and you know what?  They LOVED me for me! Yes, you could say the donuts and the meds helped but months and months later it still being that way...no that was because I was true to myself. I've continued being myself ever since. Now I'm not saying anyone should go out and get some cold medication instead my goal is to share how important it is to be yourself. Oh and a few donuts and muffins couldn't hurt to break the ice!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
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• 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 24 mini-muffin cups.
2. Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup margarine, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Stir in the milk, then mix in the baking powder and flour until just combined. Fill the prepared mini muffin cups about half full.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are lightly golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
4. While muffins are baking, place 1/4 cup of melted margarine in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together 1/2 cup of sugar with the cinnamon. Remove muffins from their cups, dip each muffin in the melted margarine, and roll in the sugar-cinnamon mixture. Let cool and serve. 24 mini servings  allrecipe