Here’s a soft mini cinnamon sugar muffin recipe with a tender crumb and that classic cinnamon-sugar coating.
🧁 Mini Cinnamon Sugar Muffins
Makes ~24 mini muffins
🥣 Ingredients
Muffins
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup milk
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil or melted butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- ¼ cup melted butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
🔥 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a mini muffin pan.
- In a bowl, whisk flour, sugars, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- In another bowl, mix milk, oil, egg, and vanilla.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients just until mixed (don’t overmix).
- Fill muffin cups about ¾ full.
- Bake 10–12 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool 2–3 minutes, then remove muffins.
✨ Cinnamon Sugar Magic
- Dip warm muffins into melted butter.
- Roll immediately in cinnamon sugar.
- Set on a rack to cool (or eat warm… no judgment).
🌟 Pro Tips
- Want them extra soft? Use buttermilk instead of milk.
- Add mini chocolate chips or chopped nuts to the batter.
- Store in an airtight container up to 3 days.
- Freeze plain muffins, coat after reheating.
🔄 Variations
- Apple Cinnamon: Add finely diced apple
- Pumpkin Spice: Swap cinnamon for pumpkin spice
- Healthier: Use half whole wheat flour
- Donut-style: Bake, then double-dip in cinnamon sugar 😏