I will not use the C word, but 2020
has been a dreadful year and we are not yet done with it. Perhaps add some
cinnamon sugar to sweeten things up? Olivia was hankering after cinnamon
muffins. “Not spice grandmama, only cinnamon.” So using large cup liners I made
nine of these lovelies. If more is needed, simply double the ingredients. All
but one muffin was passed on in a socially distanced manner. You see Olivia is back at school with a cohort of
150 students plus teachers; which in reality means several thousand souls, some
of which “don’t believe in masks” or in the possibility that relatives or good
friends can infect them. Because the virus cares who is related to whom. Thanks
to the absence of critical thinking, the two of us had to isolate ourselves. I haven’t
had a haircut since February, …. I might as well keep baking.3/4 cup 1% milk 
1 Tbsp vinegar
1/4 cup melted butter
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup golden sugar
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 beaten egg
1/4 cup whipping cream
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Topping:
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- In a small dish melt the butter.
- In a measuring cup combine the milk and the vinegar.
- Preheat the oven to 420F.
- Line a muffin pan with 9 large or 12 medium sized parchment muffin liners.
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and the salt.
- In a medium sized bowl combine the melted butter, egg, milk-vinegar mixture, whipping cream and the vanilla.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the flour mixture.
- With a wooden spoon lightly stir just to combine.
- Mixture should be lumpy.
- Don’t combine it with the batter; gingerly stir in 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
- You should see streaks of cinnamon in the still lumpy batter.
- Divide the batter evenly in the muffin papers.
- Bake only until cake tester comes out clean.
- Don’t worry about baking it “golden”.
- Remove from the oven and let the muffins rest in the pan for a few minutes.
- In the meantime melt the butter for the topping and combine the sugar with the cinnamon.
- Dip the tops into the melted butter and then into the cinnamon sugar.
- Place muffins on a cooling rack.
- These are delicious served warm.
