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Why it works
- The lubrication and preheating of the muffin tin help the sides and the bottom of the muffins, imitating the crisp exterior of a fried donut.
- The bleached cake flour gives muffins a tender crumb.
- Brush the hot muffins with melted butter before throwing them in cinnamon sugar evenly covers them in sugar, giving them a satisfactory crunch.
I recently had a desire for freshly manufactured hot donuts, but I did not want to face the traction of a large tank splashing with boiling oil and eliminating the oil after frying. Fortunately for me, our colleague from the test kitchen based in Birmingham, Alabama, Craig Ruff has a recipe for donut muffins. Unlike traditional donuts, there is no housing failure: everything you need is donut dough, a 12 cup muffin box and a hot oven. Craig’s recipe produces donut muffins that are clear and soft, and particularly delicious when sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. They remind me of my favorite cinnamon fritters to the Donut Pub on West 14 Street in Manhattan – No city trip required.
For subtly sweet muffins with just enough flavor, Craig uses a donut dough of old -fashioned cream with nutmeg with nutmeg. Sure cream contains a lot of lactose – jumpers in dairy products that can help promote browning, as well as fats. Fat covers flour particles and gluten proteins called glutenin and gliadine; It makes it more difficult for gluten to develop, resulting in a tender muffin.
To crush the exterior of the muffins, fear fat and preheat the muffin box. While the pan warming up in the oven, the butter brown and takes a rich and hazelnut flavor. The paste is immediately when it strikes the pan and the hot butter, giving outside a pleasant sharpness which is even more pronounced after coating the baked muffins in cinnamon sugar. Brushing muffins with melted butter helps the sugar cushion, which makes a crunchy satisfactory bite. It may not be a fresh donut of the fryer, but it certainly has a taste like one.
This recipe was developed by Craig Ruff; The lead note was written by Geneviève Yam.
Donut muffins: all the joy of a donut, none of the fris
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For the dough:
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256 g Whished cake flour (9 ounces; 2 cups), like swans
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1 1/2 teaspoon chemical
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1 teaspoon Crystal Diamond Salt Casher; For table salt, use half as much in volume
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1/2 teaspoon whip (See notes)
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1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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170 g sour cream (6 ounces; about 3/4 cup), at room temperature
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113 g Powdered sugar (4 ounces; about 1/2 cup more 1 tablespoon))
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113 g uncommon butter (4 ounces; 8 tablespoons), melted, more more for lubrication
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42 g neutral cooking oil (1 1/2 ounces; 1/4 cup), like canola
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1 big egg more 1 egg yolkat room temperature
For coating:
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100 g Powdered sugar (3 1/2 ounces; 1/2 cup))
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1 teaspoon terrestrial cinnamon
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Pinch kosher salt
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28 g uncommon butter (1/2 ounce; 2 tablespoons), melted
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Adjust the oven grid in the central position and preheat the oven to 400 ° F (205 ° C). Grease a 12 cup muffin pan with butter; Cancel.
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Prepare the dough: In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and baking soda in a large bowl to combine. In a medium bowl, whisk the sure cream, sugar, butter, oil, egg and egg yolk until smooth. Add the eight -cream mixture to the flour mixture, folding using a flexible rubber spatula until there are no streaks of flour. (The dough will be thick and dense.)
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Place the oven -buttered muffin pan; Heat until the butter is melted, just starting to brown and smells the hazelnut, about 2 minutes.
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Using oven mittens or a cloth, carefully remove the hot oven mold. Working quickly, wear the dough in the muffin mold prepared using a measurement cup of 1/4 cup.
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Turn the skillet in the oven and bake until the tops are slightly golden, the sides are golden and a toothpick or a cake tester inserted in the center of Muffin out, about 15 minutes. Immediately remove the muffins from the pan; Place the muffins on a rack.
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For coating: In a large shallow bowl, whisk the sugar, cinnamon and salt to be combined. As soon as the muffins are fresh enough to keep comfortably, working with a muffin at a time, use a baking brush to brush each muffin everywhere with melted; Place in the cinnamon mixture and turn to wrap evenly.
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Turn the muffin to the grid and repeat the process with the remaining muffins. Leave to cool until hot, about 15 minutes, or cool completely, about 45 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature.
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Special equipment
12 cup muffin pan, toothpick or cake tester, grid, pastry brush
Notes
The non -stick spray can be used to grease the muffin box, but it will not have the same flavor as golden butter.
If you use a fresh nutmeg, grate it finely on a microplane and use 3/4 teaspoons.
For a maximum crunch, let them cool to room temperature.
Make-ahead and storage
Muffins are better eaten on the day of their manufacture. Once cooled, the muffins can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days, but can soften when seated.
The muffins can be frozen without their sugar coating in an airtight container up to 2 months. Let the refrigerator defrost for at least 8 hours. For sugar after defrosting, place them in an oven at 325 ° F (160 ° C) until it is just hot, then proceed to step 6 of the recipe. (If you freeze muffins once they have been sweet, the sugar will dissolve while they were disgusting.)
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