"duffins" (Donut Muffins)
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
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24 muffins
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
- 3 cups white whole wheat flour or 3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted and cooled
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Line 2 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners. Spray lightly with non-stick spray.
- Combine butter and applesauce.
- Add sugar and beat for 1-2 minutes, until fully incorporated.
- Beat in egg whites and whole egg for another 2 minutes.
- Mix in vanilla and buttermilk.
- Stir in flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and baking soda until combined. Be careful not to overmix when adding the dry ingredients or muffins will be tough.
- Scoop batter into prepared muffin tins, about two thirds full.
- Bake muffins for 13-15 minutes, or until batter starts to pull away from the liners and tops spring back when poked.
- While muffins are baking, mix 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon.
- Sprinkle tops of muffins with cinnamon sugar right after removing them from the oven.
- Cool for 2 minutes in pan, then remove to cooling rack.
- Refrigerate.
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Reviews
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Wow! We really enjoyed these. Does it negate the health benefits if DH eats 6 of them LOL? I used half white wheat and half oat flour, which I find always makes for a tender muffin. The nutmeg is really an unsung hero in this recipe; I was tempted to add cinnamon to the batter but I'm rather glad I didn't. I used plain fat free yogurt instead of buttermilk just because I had it on hand. Thanks so much for posting! I think these are going directly into my Best of 2011 cookbook! Made for Zaar Cookbook Tag.
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I had high hopes for this Duffin recipe. I was comparing it to a Duffin recipe of a local bakery and this one just paled in comparison. The texture was very nice and light and wonderful but I feel the recipe fell short with taste. It just was blahsville with a slightly baking soda taste. I used all the specified ingredients but made a half recipe. I typically do this to test a recipe for the 1st time. I am glad that I did as it just didn't do it for me. I did make some mini-muffins with small muffin wrappers which is a nice way to enjoy a bite of a duffin. I'll experiment with some other duffin recipes to see if I can find one that is more tasty. I took the mini-duffins out of the wrapper and tossed them into a bag with the cinnamon sugar mixture to hopefully coat them with a little more flavor. That helped a bit.
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A native midwesterner, I now call California home. I work as a registered dietitian in long term care, prescribing diets for the residents. I love cooking, eating, reading recipes, and improvising in the kitchen. These are my main hobbies, but I also enjoy working out, needlepoint, and friends. As a new wife, I love cooking for my husband, who is my primary recipe-tester and biggest fan.