Dirt Bomb Muffins Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Place the rack in the center position. Generously grease a 12-cup standard muffin pan.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cardamon into a mixing bowl.
• In another bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Scrape the bowl down half way through. Mix in the eggs.
• Add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk in two additions, mixing gently by hand to incorporate all the flour. The batter will be on the stiff side, but airy. Don't over mix or beat the batter as this will make the muffins tough.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, without smoothing the tops.
• Bake for about 25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. As soon as the muffins are cool enough to handle, turn them out onto a wire rack.
• Add the melted butter to a bowl. In another bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon.
• Dip the muffins (top, sides and bottom) in the butter, using a pastry brush -if necessary- to cover areas not buttered by dipping. Immediately roll the muffins in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Steps:

• MUFFINS Preheat oven to 375°. Coat a standard 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray. Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a medium bowl; set aside. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in egg. With mixer on low speed, add dry ingredients in 3 additions alternating with milk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Divide batter among muffin cups and bake, rotating pan halfway through, until a tester inserted into center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes in pan, then transfer to a wire rack. TOPPING AND ASSEMBLY Mix sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Working one at a time, dip tops of muffins in melted butter, then cinnamon sugar. DO AHEAD: Muffins can be made 6 hours ahead. Keep tightly wrapped at room temperature.

Steps:

• Begin with all ingredients at room temp. Cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs one at a time, scraping bowl in between. Combine dry ingredients; add 1/3 dry ingredients and 1/3 milk to butter sugar mixture. Mix on low till almost combined. Repeat twice unti all ingredients have been added. Scrape bowl and mix once on med-low speed until batter is smooth and the consistancy of pancake batter. Batter may be refrigerated overnight, which will improve dirt bombs, but is not necessary. Using ice cream scoop, full greased muffin tins. Bake at 400 for 20 min. or until golden brown. When cool enough to handle, dip in melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar. Makes 24-30.