Mini Muffin Donuts
After a month long hiatus to enjoy being a mom to my second beautiful baby boy I’m ready to start blogging again! Although, now recipes come with calculated Weight Watchers points – woohoo! Haha, no seriously, they do. I’ve gotta change things up around here… either that or I need to invest in some tiny place settings to keep my portions under control. In an effort to actually be able to eat one of these things, I made them mini – so they’re sort of like munchkins. But feel free to make them into full fledged muffins! Happy Mother’s Day!
INGREDIENTS
DONUTS
- 1 1/3 cups flour (if doubling, use 2 3/4 cup flour)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/8 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (don’t have buttermilk? Just add 1/2 tbsp white vinegar to 1/2 cup regular milk – let it sit for a few mins, then use)
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 large egg plus 1/2 large yolk
- Recipe yields 6 muffins or 15 mini muffins
GLAZE
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp water
HOW TO MAKE IT
DONUTS
- Preheat oven to 400F and spray a muffin or mini muffin pan with vegetable oil spray
- In a bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, cornstarch, baking powder, salt and nutmeg
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients: buttermilk, melted butter, eggs and yolk
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir with a rubber spatula until everything is just combined
- Scoop batter evenly into the muffin tin (I like to use an ice cream scooper – small or large depending on the muffin tin – to get even sizes)
- Bake until the donuts are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted comes out clean – 19-22 minutes for regular muffins and 8-11 minutes for mini muffins
- Let the donuts cool in the pan for 5 minutes
GLAZE
- Whisk together the ingredients
- Once the donuts have cooled completely coat them in the glaze and place them on a wire rack to “drip dry”
Recipe adapted from Cook’s Country
Each mini muffin = 4 Points Plus