Cinnamon Muffins (Soft and Fluffy) - Olives + Thyme (2024)

I absolutely adore a delicious muffin recipe. Especially moist and fluffy muffins filled with cozy spices. My Pumpkin Banana Muffins, Sweet Potato Muffins, Cinnamon Streusel Muffins and Apple Cider Donut Muffins are just a few of my favorites from the blog. These easy cinnamon muffins are filled with the coziest flavors and textures. There’s so much to love about these homemade cinnamon muffins.

• Layers of flavors and textures: From the moist and fluffy cinnamon and nutmeg spiced muffin, to the sweet and crunchy spiced cinnamon sugar coating, these your tastebuds will delight in the contrast of textures and flavors.
• Easy to make, bake and eat: These homemade cinnamon sugar muffins taste like you just bought them from the bakery, but are so simple to make at home. Just mix everything in a bowl, rest while the oven preheats, bake and enjoy.

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• Dry Ingredients: Gather all purpose flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and salt.
• Wet Ingredients: Gather melted butter, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, sour cream and vanilla extract.

These cinnamon sugar muffins are as easy to make as they are delicious. Here are my recommended substitutions to make these delicious fall breakfast muffins.

• All purpose flour: To make this cinnamon muffin recipe gluten free, use a good 1-1 gluten free flour. I recommend using the one from Bob’s Red Mill.
• Baking Powder: This is a leavener in this muffin recipe. Baking powder is the preferred leavener.
• Ground Cinnamon and Nutmeg: Using sweet warming spices give these cinnamon french breakfast muffins the perfect blend of cozy flavors. If you don’t have ground cinnamon and nutmeg, you can also use pumpkin spice, chai spice or apple pie spice blends.
• Brown Sugar and Granulated Sugar: These muffins rolled in cinnamon sugar call for granulated and light brown sugar, but maple sugar would also work well to make this recipe refined sugar free.
• Melted Butter: Feel free to use an equal amount of salted butter in place of the unsalted butter. Just make sure to omit the added salt. Vegan butter or plant based can also be used in place of regular unsalted butter for this cinnamon and sugar muffin recipe.
• Eggs: This recipe has not been tested without eggs.
• Sour Cream: However, a thick and creamy greek yogurt works well in this recipe.
• Vanilla Extract: This adds a lovely background flavor that pairs really well with cinnamon and nutmeg.

1. In a mixing bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and salt together until well combined.
2. In another bowl whisk the melted butter, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, eggs, sour cream and vanilla extract together until well combined.
3. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet until just combined. Cover the bowl with a clean dish towel or lid and rest at room temperature while preheating the oven to 375 F (190 C). Resting the batter allows the glutens to rest and hydrate. Allow 30 minutes for resting the quick cinnamon muffin batter and for preheating the oven.
4. When it’s time to bake, lightly grease a 12 ct. muffin pan. Use a 3 tablespoon sized cookie scoop to scoop the muffin batter into each of the muffin cups. Bake the muffins at 375 F (190 C) for 18 - 22 minutes. The muffins are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes about with a few moist crumbs or when a finger pressed gently into the center of the muffins quickly bounces back. Cool the cinnamon breakfast muffins in the muffin pan for 5 - 10 minutes.

5. Dip the tops of the cinnamon muffins into the melted butter. Gently shake off any excess butter. Immediately roll the entire muffin in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Set the cinnamon sugar muffin back onto a cooling rack and repeat with the remaining muffins.

What is the secret to moist muffins?

Resting the batter allows the glutens to hydrate, resulting in tender, moist and taller muffins.

What is a cinnamon muffin made of?

This recipe for cinnamon muffins is made very similarly to french breakfast muffins or just like a soft and fluffy vanilla muffin filled with cinnamon and nutmeg spices.

Why do my cinnamon muffins have sticky tops?

When storing moisture heavy baked goods such as cinnamon sugar muffins, the moisture becomes trapped in the airtight container. That excess moisture settles on top of the muffins, creating a sticky, wet layer. To help with this, add a layer of paper towels on the bottom of the container and also on top of the muffins while stored in the airtight container.

Other Muffin Recipes to Try

• Lemon Muffins
• Raspberry Muffins
• Pistachio Muffins
• Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins

If you try this Cinnamon Muffins recipe please rate the recipe and leave a comment below. Doing so helps other readers decide if this is a great recipe to bake. Don’t forget to tag me on Instagram using @olivesnthyme so I can see what you’re baking! Happy Baking! -M

Cinnamon Muffins Recipe

Megan

Cinnamon muffins are deliciously soft, moist and fluffy cinnamon spiced vanilla muffins with beautiful domed tops. Once baked, these delightful breakfast muffins are dipped in melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar.

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