Delicious Spice Muffins

At my daughters  preschool they have a day at school where the dads get to come into the classroom and see what the kids do on a daily basis.  It is called "Doughnuts with Dad" and Abby was looking forward to it for two weeks. The sad thing is the day that Doughnuts with Dad came around we were all sick, and by sick I mean the stomach bug (I hate cleaning up barf).  Well Abby has been asking for doughnuts ever since, so we started looking at recipes to make some.  After some research I found this recipe here and it looked and sounded delicious. I loved that the doughnuts were baked, but I didn't have a doughnut pan to bake the doughnuts so I decided I would make mini muffins instead. I had to adapt the recipe a little bit because I have a little one who has some food allergies and can't handle pumpkin.  So I substituted applesauce for the pumpkin and choose to add a crumb topping instead of the cinnamon sugar topping.  It reminded me of a Costco muffin and my family thought it was delicious.

Delicious Spice Muffins


1 3/4 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon allspice

1/8 teaspoons ground cloves

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4 cup applesauce

1/2 cup milk

Crumb Topping

1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Oats
1/4 cup All Purpose Flour 
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, softened

Preheat oven 350 F.  Butter a mini muffin tin and set aside.
In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt and spices together and set aside.
In a large bowl (or the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment) whisk together oil, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, applesauce and milk until combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the mixture and stir until just combined.
 
Fill each muffin tin with the batter. I find it easiest if I place the batter in a zip-lock bag and cut the corner off to fill the tins.  I love that there isn't any mess.  

Make the Crumb topping by combining the brown sugar, oats, flour, and cinnamon.  Then using a fork stir in the softened butter until the topping is combined.  Place the crumb topping on top of the muffins and bake for 10-12 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the muffin comes out clean.  Place muffins onto a wire rack and allow to cool for a few minutes.  Enjoy! 

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Cinnamon Caramel Corn

I came across this recipe a while back and wanted to try it really bad. But I didn't have some of the ingredients that it called for. So I wanted to wait to get them. After many months of not trying it and still not having some of the ingredients, I decided I was just going to try it with the ingredients that I had. So below is the recipe that I used and it turned out really good.
The original recipe is found here at our best bites.

Cinnamon Caramel Corn

What you will need:
12 C popped popcorn (about 1/2 C kernels)*
1 C brown sugar
3/4 t cinnamon
1/4 C honey
1 stick real butter (1/2 C)
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

*You can use air popped or microwave popcorn. If using microwave, choose a flavor that’s low in butter and salt.
Preheat oven to 250 degrees
Place popcorn in a large bowl and set aside.
Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a big, 2-Quart microwave-safe bowl. Incorporate the cinnamon into the brown sugar so that is all mixed together.
Chop butter into chunks and place on top of sugar mixture. Pour honey over the top of everything.
Microwave on high for 30 seconds (just to soften the butter a bit) and then stir to combine.
Return to microwave and heat for 2 minutes. Remove and stir and then microwave for 2 minutes more.
Remove from the microwave and add in vanilla and baking soda.
Pour the mixture right over the popcorn. Stir right away, and stir a lot. If you take too long the caramel will harden on you. Keep stirring until everything is well coated.
Spread popcorn mixture onto a foil-lined cookie sheet.
Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
When it’s done, spread out your caramel corn on a clean piece of parchment, waxed paper, or foil.
When it’s cooled and hardened break into chunks and enjoy!

Doesn't that Look Delicious!

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