Description
Homemade snickerdoodle muffins bring classic cinnamon-sugar comfort to breakfast tables. Warm spices and buttery crumb make these muffins a delightful morning treat you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups (480 ml) all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (240 ml) sour cream or Greek yogurt
- ½ cup (1 stick / 113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon (for topping)
- ¼ cup (50 g) brown sugar
- 1 ½ tsps baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup (60 ml) milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar (for topping)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon (for topping)
- 2 tbsps melted butter
Instructions
- Prepare Oven: Configure the oven to 375F (190C) and prepare a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or butter coating.
- Blend Dry Ingredients: Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl, whisking thoroughly to integrate evenly.
- Create Butter Mixture: Cream butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy, developing a smooth, aerated texture.
- Incorporate Wet Components: Add eggs, vanilla extract, sour cream, and milk, mixing until the batter achieves a consistent, silky consistency.
- Combine Mixtures: Delicately fold dry ingredients into wet mixture, maintaining a gentle technique to preserve the batter’s delicate structure.
- Fill and Bake: Distribute batter into muffin cups, filling three-quarters full, and bake for 18-22 minutes until a toothpick inserted emerges clean.
- Cool and Finish: Rest muffins in the tin for five minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack and prepare cinnamon-sugar coating.
- Enhance Muffins: Brush muffin tops with melted butter and coat with cinnamon-sugar mixture by dipping or sprinkling for a delectable finish.
Notes
- Gentle Mixing Technique: Fold ingredients delicately to prevent dense, tough muffins by using a light hand and stopping mixing once dry ingredients are just incorporated.
- Temperature Precision: Ensure butter and eggs are at room temperature for smoother batter and more consistent texture, promoting even baking and better rise.
- Moisture Management: Don’t overmix batter, which can develop gluten and create rubbery muffins; stop stirring when ingredients are barely combined for tender, soft results.
- Coating Creativity: Experiment with alternative sugar coatings like maple sugar, coconut sugar, or adding ground nutmeg to the cinnamon-sugar mix for unique flavor variations.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 31 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg