Glazed Doughnut Muffins Recipe 455

Steps:

• Heat the milk until it is warm but not hot, about 90 degrees. In a large bowl, combine it with the yeast. Stir lightly, and let sit until the mixture is foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Using an electric mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, beat the eggs, butter, sugar and salt into the yeast mixture. Add half of the flour (2 cups plus 2 tablespoons), and mix until combined, then mix in the rest of the flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Add more flour, about 2 tablespoons at a time, if the dough is too wet. If you're using an electric mixer, the dough will probably become too thick to beat; when it does, transfer it to a floured surface, and gently knead it until smooth. Grease a large bowl with a little oil. Transfer the dough to the bowl, and cover. Let rise at room temperature until it doubles in size, about 1 hour.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface, and roll it to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut out the doughnuts with a doughnut cutter, concentric cookie cutters or a drinking glass and a shot glass (the larger one should be about 3 inches in diameter), flouring the cutters as you go. Reserve the doughnut holes. If you're making filled doughnuts, don't cut out the middle. Knead any scraps together, being careful not to overwork, and let rest for a few minutes before repeating the process.
• Put the doughnuts on two floured baking sheets so that there is plenty of room between each one. Cover with a kitchen towel, and let rise in a warm place until they are slightly puffed up and delicate, about 45 minutes. If your kitchen isn't warm, heat the oven to 200 at the beginning of this step, then turn off the heat, put the baking sheets in the oven and leave the door ajar.
• About 15 minutes before the doughnuts are done rising, put the oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, and heat it to 375. Meanwhile, line cooling racks, baking sheets or plates with paper towels.
• Carefully add the doughnuts to the oil, a few at a time. If they're too delicate to pick up with your fingers (they may be this way only if you rose them in the oven), use a metal spatula to pick them up and slide them into the oil. It's O.K. if they deflate a bit; they'll puff back up as they fry. When the bottoms are deep golden, after 45 seconds to a minute, use a slotted spoon to flip; cook until they're deep golden all over. Doughnut holes cook faster. Transfer the doughnuts to the prepared plates or racks, and repeat with the rest of the dough, adjusting the heat as needed to keep the oil at 375. Glaze or fill as follows, and serve as soon as possible.
• Whisk together 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. When the doughnuts are cool enough to handle, dip into the glaze; if you like, flip them so the tops they're completely covered. Put on racks to let the glaze harden.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 425°F Lightly grease a standard muffin tin or line with 12 paper muffin cups
• 2. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, cream together the butter, vegetable oil, and sugars till smooth. Add the eggs, one at a time. Beating well after each addition. Add Vanilla
• 3. In a separate bowl, mix the baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Alternately add the flour mix and milk. Start and end with the flour. Mix well
• 4. Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared pan (scant 1/3 cup per muffin) Bake muffins for 17-19 minutes, or until they're a light golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the middle of one of the center muffins comes out clean
• 5. GLAZE: In a medium bowl whisk the melted butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and water until smooth
• 6. When the muffins have cooled slightly, dip the muffin crown into the glaze. Hold muffin at an angle and rotate. Allow some of the excess to drip off. Do this to all the muffins and set on cooling rack.
• 7. When the glaze has hardened (3-5 minutes) repeat dipping
• 8. Let set for another 3-5 minutes longer for glaze to harden before serving. These are delicious warm or cold. You can re-heat in Microwave 10 seconds

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Lightly grease a standard muffin tin or line with 12 paper muffin cups and grease the cups with non-stick vegetable oil spray; this will ensure that the paper cups peel off the muffins nicely.
• In a medium-sized mixing bowl, cream together the butter, vegetable oil, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until smooth.
• Add the eggs, beating to combine.
• Stir in the baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla.
• Stir the flour into the butter mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour, and making sure everything is thoroughly combined.
• Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared pan, filling the cups nearly full.
• Bake the muffins for 15 to 17 minutes, or until they're a pale golden brown and a cake tester inserted into the middle of one of the center muffins comes out clean.
• In a medium bowl, prepare the glaze by mixing together the melted butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and hot water. Whisk until smooth.
• When muffins have cooled slightly, dip the muffin crown into the glaze and allow the glaze to harden. At this point, you can leave them as is or go for the double dip. I glazed my muffins twice.
• Serve warm, or cool on a rack and wrap airtight.
• Muffins will keep at room temperature for about a day.