Simply Sinful Cinnamon Muffins Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*.
• line a 12 cup muffin pan with cupcake paper liners, or grease it lightly.
• Prepare the TOPPING: by mixing the ingredients together until crumbly.set aside.
• prepare the FILLING:.
• by mixing Baker's cinnamon filling with just enough water to make filling a soft pudding like consistency -- set aside.
• to make the BATTER:.
• in a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, milk and eggs.
• In a seperate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
• add the dry mixture to the liquid, stirring just until combined.
• divide half the batter evenly among the muffin cups --
• dollop 2 tsps cinnamon filling onto each muffin -- then top with the remaining batter --
• sprinkle with topping, pressing it in lightly.
• bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes or until they're golden brown --
• remove them from the oven and wait 5 minutes before transferring them from the pan to a rack -- to cool.

Steps:

• Soften yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water, with 1 teaspoon sugar added; Set aside for five minutes.
• Put milk, sugar, salt, and about one cup flour in a large bowl,and beat well with a wooden spoon.
• Then add eggs and yeast mixture and a couple cups of flour and beat again.
• Add the soft butter and the rest of the flour,adding the rest of flour very slowly, until the dough is still too stiff to stir.
• Knead the dough until it is smooth and satiny, adding only enough to keep if from sticking.
• Add more of the flour, as needed.
• Place dough in a greased bowl, turning once to grease all sides.
• Let rise in warm place until double, about an hour,covering bowl with a towel or plastic wrap; I use my oven with the light on and the oven itself turned on for 30 seconds; The optimum temperature is around 90 degrees.
• Punch down, kneading for about 30 seconds to remove bubbles; Cover and let rise again.
• Punch down dough again.
• Cut with a knife into four parts, and shape into balls; Roll each ball into a 8 X 14 inch rectangle.
• Spread the dough with about 3 tablespoons butter, leaving far edge unbuttered.
• Spread with one fourth the cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Roll up; roll tightly; Pinch edges; Cut into slices.
• Place in greased pan and let rise until double in size, 45-60 minutes.
• Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.
• Frost with a powdered sugar glaze or light amount of canned vanilla frosting.