Description
Delightful French breakfast puffs melt with buttery cinnamon sugar goodness. Light pastries offer a sweet morning treat that brings comfort and joy to your table.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 large egg
- 0.5 cup (115 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 0.5 cup (120 ml) milk
- 1.5 cups (190 g) all-purpose flour
- 1.5 tsps baking powder
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 0.25 cup (60 g) unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat: Configure oven to 350F (175C) and prepare a 12-cup muffin tin with light greasing or paper liners.
- Mix Dry Components: Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a medium bowl, ensuring thorough and even blending of dry ingredients.
- Create Butter Base: Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until the mixture becomes light, fluffy, and substantially increased in volume.
- Integrate Wet Elements: Blend egg into the butter-sugar mixture, stirring until achieving a smooth, silky consistency with uniform texture.
- Combine Mixtures: Delicately fold dry ingredients into wet components, alternating with milk and maintaining a gentle touch to prevent overmixing and preserve the batter’s delicate structure.
- Bake and Transform: Fill muffin cups two-thirds full and bake for 20-25 minutes, watching for golden tops and confirming doneness with a clean toothpick insertion.
- Embellish and Finish: After cooling slightly, dip each muffin top first in melted butter, then roll comprehensively in a cinnamon-sugar coating, creating a luxurious exterior that complements the tender interior.
Notes
- Prevent Overmixing: Stir the batter gently and minimally to keep the puffs light and tender, avoiding tough or dense results.
- Precise Ingredient Temperature: Use room temperature butter and egg for smoother blending and optimal texture in the batter.
- Check Baking Doneness: Insert a toothpick in the center of a puff – it should come out clean with no wet batter to ensure perfect baking.
- Coating Technique: Dip warm puffs quickly in melted butter and immediately roll in cinnamon-sugar for maximum flavor absorption and even coverage.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 11
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 23 g
- Sodium: 130 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg