Cinnamon Sugar Sourdough Muffins
Sweet cinnamon sugar muffins made with sourdough discard, baked to perfection and topped with melty butter and a crunchy cinnamon sugar topping. These cinnamon sugar sourdough muffins will leave you wanting just one more.
Ingredients
- 113 grams unsalted butter, melted and cooled (about 1/2 cup)
- 150 grams sourdough discard (about 2/3 cup)
- 200 grams granulated sugar (about 1 cup)
- 2 large eggs (about 100 grams)
- 5 grams vanilla extract (about 1 teaspoon)
- 160 grams milk (about 2/3 cup)
- 280 grams all purpose flour (about 2 cups, see recipe notes for whole wheat)
- 20 grams cornstarch (about 2 Tablespoons)
- 10 grams baking powder (about 2 teaspoons)
- 7 grams salt (about 1 teaspoon)
- 8 grams ground cinnamon (about 1 Tablespoon)
- 1 gram nutmeg (about 1/2 teaspoon)
- 55 grams unsalted butter, melted (reserved in a small bowl, about 4 Tablespoons)
- 65 grams granulated sugar (about 1/3 cup)
- 8 grams ground cinnamon (about 1 Tablespoon)
Directions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 350ºF and prepare a 12 cup muffin tin with liners or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- 2
Melt butter in the microwave until just melted. Let cool if needed (butter should be warm room temperature). Add the sourdough discard and whisk to combine. Pour in the sugar and eggs. Whisk again until completely combined. Add the milk and vanilla and whisk until incorporated and smooth.
- 3
To a separate bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. Whisk the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together.
- 4
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula until just mixed - it's okay if your batter has a few small streaks of flour. The key to a tender muffin is not over-mixing.
- 5
Scoop muffin batter into the wells of the muffin tin, filling the tins about 3/4 of the way full. This recipe makes about 12-14 muffins.
- 6
Bake for 20-22 minutes until muffins are baked all the way through. The tops of the muffins should not jiggle and if you insert a toothpick to the middle of the muffin it will come out clean.
- 7
While the muffins cool prepare the topping: Melt butter in a bowl. Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl. Dip the top of each muffin into the butter and then dip into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Continue this process until every muffin in coated in cinnamon/sugar. Enjoy warm!