

These Muffins That Taste Like Donuts are my interpretation of ‘those little donuts’, the ones you buy at Amusement Parks. Although mine aren’t deep-fried they are soft and cake-like, dipped in butter then rolled in cinnamon-sugar and they’re delicious.
These muffins remind me of the cake donuts my grandmother made when I was young. I remember watching her fry donuts in a cast iron pan on the stove in hot oil, something my mom never did. When all the big donuts were cooked she fried the little holes. Us kids each got a brown paper bag with some white sugar in the bottom. As she cooked the donut holes she transferred them to our bags and we would shake them in the sugar before eating them warm. It’s a great childhood memory of mine.
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Every July the world is invited to come to The Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth in Calgary, Alberta. It’s a western event with a rodeo and chuck wagon races, amazing entertainment and a midway, but for some people it’s all about the food. Each year they advertise their line up of new Midway Food (2019) and the idea is to out do the offerings from the previous year. From Cricket Pizza to Butter Beer Ice Cream you never know what you’ll see but you can be guaranteed there’ll be something outrageous. The more outrageous the better.
I think of summer as the season for amusement park food. Call it junk food or midway food but no matter what you call it people love it. There’s a lot of excitement around the idea of eating these treats. It’s partly nostalgia for the food you ate as a child and partly the anticipation of trying something you haven’t eaten since last year. Then there’s the atmosphere, walking around outside, eating food on a stick or in little bags.
Since much of amusement park food is off limits for people on a restricted diet it can be reinvented at home. Whether it’s an ongoing adventure trying different foods one at a time or an annual party with friends, you can think outside the box and do it your way. Here are three ideas to get you thinking.
All you need is a mini muffin tin to make these muffins. I haven’t bought one of those donut pans yet but if I had one I’d try it with this recipe.
Let me know in the comments below if you made these muffins, tried them in a donut pan or even deep-fried them.
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1⅓ cups GF flour (I used my GF flour mix) |
¾ cup sugar |
1 Tbsp cinnamon |
1½ tsp baking powder |
½ tsp baking soda |
¼ tsp xanthan gum |
¼ tsp salt |
⅛ tsp nutmeg |
¼ cup sour cream or yogurt (first amount) |
¼ cup butter, room temperature |
2 eggs |
½ cup sour cream or yogurt (second amount) |
1½ tsp vanilla |
CINNAMON-SUGAR TOPPING |
¼ cup melted butter for dipping |
½ cup sugar |
2 tsp cinnamon |
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