Cinnamon Sugar Muffins that taste like donuts...

I saw a recipe on Pinterest that said "Muffins that taste like donuts". They looked really good.

So I thought what the heck. I might as well try them. I love anything that has sugar and cinnamon as ingredients. So I gathered my ingredients and mixed it like the directions said. 

I greased the mini muffin pans and baked them for 15 minutes at 350° as per the instructions. While they were baking, I melted butter in one bowl and mixed the cinnamon and sugar in another bowl. 

Then it was time. When they were finished, I popped them right out of the muffin tins into a container. I used my Pyrex pie plate and preceded with the next steps. 

I dipped then in the butter then immediately rolled them in the cinnamon/sugar mixture. The finished product was unbelievably delicious.

WARNING! They will just pop right into your mouth if you aren't careful. I think I ate about 4 or 5 before I was finished with the dipping process. You see so many Pinterest Fails that go wrong that I just love it when a recipe is spot on and it works out exactly like it should. Here is the recipe. We like a lot of cinnamon so I put a little more in the sugar/cinnamon mix to roll it in. But that is a personal preference. If you make them, let me know how yours turned out.

INGREDIENTS

1-¾ cup Flour

1-½ teaspoon Baking Powder

½ teaspoons Salt

½ teaspoons Nutmeg

½ teaspoons Cinnamon

⅓ cups Oil

¾ cups White Sugar

1 whole Egg

¾ cups Milk

FOR THE TOPPING:

¼ cups Butter

⅓ cups White Sugar

1 Tablespoon Cinnamon

PREPARATION

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Combine oil, sugar, egg and milk. Add dry ingredients and stir only to combine.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a bowl. Combine the white sugar with the cinnamon in another bowl.

Shake muffins out while still hot. Dip muffins in butter, then into the sugar/cinnamon mix. Let cool.

NOTE: IF YOU CAN LET THEM COOL WITHOUT POPPING ONE IN YOUR MOUTH, YOU HAVE MORE WILL POWER THAN I DO. 

Weekend wrap up...

I had a fantastic, relaxing weekend. My granddaughters spent the night Friday night. They watched Frozen in the living room with me and Papaw. We had never seen it before but they have watched it a bazillion times. The movie was a great movie, but the girls performing all the songs during it was the best part. Made my night.

The girls and I headed out Saturday morning to do a little shopping. We had breakfast at the Waffle House. It was delicious as always. But breakfast is so enjoying sitting across from these cuties. 

Lunch was at Wendy's. They had each bought a new pair of sunglasses earlier in the day. So they were in full "pop star" mode.

I know I'm probably biased, but I think I have two of the cutest granddaughters ever.

I dropped them both off at their homes later that afternoon. As I was dropping off Shelby, her Daddy got a fire call. When I pulled into the grocery store on my way home, I could see the smoke in the distance. The fire was at the flea market about 5 minutes from the store.

It was one of the tire sheds that had went up in flames. The firefighters were able to contain it so it didn't spread to the main structure. But it pretty much destroyed the sheds in that area.

Sunday morning we learned a new song in Children's Church. It was a catchy tune and I caught myself singing it all day yesterday.

There was a young man at our church that morning from Minnesota. He is hiking his way across the U.S. He had stopped to see the Great Smoky Mountains since it is on his list of places he wants to see. Say a quick prayer for him if you will that he has a safe journey.

After church, I was in a baking mood. I don't know why I haven't been in a while. I normally bake every weekend. But I haven't lately. I made these muffins. There official title was "Muffins that take like Donuts." I will be posting the recipe tomorrow. But if you make them, beware. They have a tendency to just pop right off the plate and into your mouth. At least that is my story and I'm sticking to it. They are so good that you can't eat just one.

Sunday night we had The Freedom Quartet in concert. They are awesome. One of the best base singers I have heard in a long time. 

Now it is Monday and time to go back to work. My mind is clear and rested and raring to go. But my body keeps saying "Do I have to?" Oh well, such is Monday.

Sunday Songs

I love a deal....

I love a deal and I love Thirty-One. So when my deal gets me FREE Thirty-One products I am in heaven. I recently asked one person if they wanted to order anything. That turned into another order, then another and so on. When I hit the $200 mark in orders, I converted it to an online party and became the hostess. Between my FREE hostess credit and the fact that Thirty-One has their 1/2 off items for FREE this month and that I earned TWO of the 1/2 off for Free, I was able to get me some wonderful products. Here is what I ended up with for absolutely FREE. Didn't cost me a dime. 

I already had the Suite Skirt purse, but I needed a new skirt. I love that you can change the skirt out and end up with a whole new look. I am so into hot pink this year that I just fell in love with this.

My favorite bag is the Zip-Top Organizing Utility Tote. I wanted one of these for carrying my files and laptop back and forth to work, and since Thirty-One now will let you order with their logo on it, I did that to advertise for my business.

So this is my new combination when I head out to my full time job.

I wanted a new bag for when I go to National Conference this year. I also wanted something springy with the new Icon-It Chick on it. Quiet by accident, we realized the little asterisk in the personalization program looked like a bow on the little chicks head. Once I discovered that, I just HAD to have this for Conference.

When I travel, I always have a "busy" bag with a plastic canvas project, yarn, my book, crossword puzzle, camera, blog notebook and snacks. I needed a new bag for that. So I picked out the Essential Storage Tote and put Keeping Busy on it in aqua. 

This was available for a limited time only as the monthly special. It being leather and hot pink, I had to have it. I am very, very happy with the size of it. It is perfect to hold everything I carry.

And the snap pocket on the other side is perfect for my phone and keys. So happy.

The only thing I actually did buy was the hot pink key fob for just $5.00. I love their key fobs and trade them out regularly. I am actually giving one away on here. Leave a comment on this blog post and you will be entered in a drawing to win a key fob.

So as you can see, I have had a pretty good haul from my party. And the great part was, I ended up doing the order as a Facebook party with a link for ordering. It is the perfect party. You don't have to clean your house, fix food or get dressed up to earn free products. The FREE items replacing the 1/2 off are available through April 30th. If you would like to try a Facebook party, let me know. It doesn't take any effort on your part except to share the party link with your Facebook friends. The order will ship direct to you or to your friends so you don't have to just invite people in your group. The party lasts one hour. Would love to hold one for you. Most of the Facebook parties I have average $500 in sales which earns you $90 in hostess credit to spend and 2 half-off items...which are now FREE items till the end of April.

Was a great day....

First things first, just let me give a big shout of Congratulations to Caleb Hayes, my grandson, who actually WON the 4-H cookie contest. I talked to him last night after I got off work. I asked him how his bake-off went. He said "Well, I won." I was like..."What?" He said, "Yeah, guess we will be going to Pigeon Forge for the cook-off in April." I could tell he was secretly pleased. So very proud of him. Who would have thought this curly haired little fellow would go from a cookie eater....

....to a cookie maker. Now to find him a more manly apron for his April baking session.

On another note, I am super excited about a new shopping complex being built just 6.8 miles from my house.  That is an 11 minute drive.

And what has me so excited?? The first name on the top row......HOBBY LOBBY! One of my favorite stores ever. I love going there for my craft supplies. The one I normally go to is 46.8 miles away and takes 41 minutes. Now I will have one 11 minutes away. Wow! I am just beyond happy.

I could camp out in the fabric department. Sometimes I feel like I do because they have so much to choose from that I can't make up my mind.

I hope they stick with their schedule and get it open in the fall. 

It's the little things....

Yesterday was a long, hard day at work. I got a lot accomplished but I was just really tired when I got off work. When I came home, I had a bag by my door. My friend Georgeanna loves to craft and I usually get a little gift for every holiday. I was so thrilled to open the bag and find this.



I had brought one of my grandson's home with me to teach him how to bake cookies for his 4-H Class at school. I was very honored that he asked me to help. I found out they were actually going to judge them and award a blue ribbon. He said he wants a good great but doesn't want to win because he doesn't want to be in the cook-off. His mom said if he is going to start baking, he needs a "man"lier apron. I loved how he was so relaxed with it all and just kept whistling while he worked.



He did all the measuring and all the mixing himself. Papaw was impressed that I let Caleb use the Pyrex bowl for his flower. Papaw only has certain bowls he uses himself because he is afraid of the consequences if he breaks one.



All I did was supervise. He loved flouring everything and rolling the dough out. There were a couple of times, I think he rolled the dough too thin on purpose because he just wanted to make it back in a ball so he could roll it out again.



I love how intense his face got when he was cutting them out. The rules stated they had to be plain sugar cookies, with no sprinkles of frosting and just using round cutter. So we used my vintage biscuit cutter.



All in all we had a great time and I was so proud of him for doing all the work himself. They turned out really good, but I forgot to get a picture of the finished product. Can't wait to see what his grade is.

Happy birthday to my Grandson

My oldest grandchild turns 16 today. It's a milestone. Time for the driver's license. He is one of the best kids I know. Never causes any trouble, very intelligent. He loves to hunt and fish. He plays football for his high school. Words just cannot express the love I feel for him. I just can't believe he is 16 today. 

Have a happy birthday Garret. We love you.