Sugar Muffins

“Is it sugar muffin season?”
says everybody who has every had them.
“Yes,” says Jill. “It’s always sugar muffin season.”

inspiration
Jill from What We Can Leave Out

dry ingredients
3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt

wet ingredients
2 beaten eggs
1 cup milk
2/3 cup melted butter

topping ingredients
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup cinnamon sugar mix

directions
Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Create a well in the dry mix.

Mix wet ingredients together in measuring cup. Pour into well in dry mix. Gently fold/stir together.

Lightly grease muffin cups or line with paper bake cups. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.

Bake at 350° oven for 20-25 minutes until golden.

While baking, melt 1/2 cup butter and place in bowl. Place 1/2 cup cinnamon/sugar in a bowl.

When muffins are golden, immediately dip tops of muffins in melted butter, then roll tops in cinnamon sugar. Serve warm.

Makes 24 muffins.

our comments
No holiday is complete–from Thanksgiving to Woodruffest–without Jill’s famous sugar muffins.