Fabulous breakfast during cool Fall mornings. The peanut butter glaze is the perfect topping for these donut muffins!
If you'd suddenly woke me up in the middle of the night, I would start talking about glazes. How beautifully they can cover cakes, cupcakes or muffins. How delicious and fun it is to catch the drips right onto your finger or clean the plate from them afterwards. Straight.into.your.mouth.
Then I'd start singing Adele's "Skyfall" song - currently obsessed with. Or most likely Sesame Street's theme song. Yeah, probably the latter...
I had these muffins in mind for quite a while now. I adapted King Arthur's Flour recipe ( you can always trust those ) by adding my own twist. Cinnamon and ground cloves. Oh my... I love ground cloves... Every time I bake with them, I make everyone smell the container with this amazing spice. Needless to say, no one understands my affection with cloves. It's just a spice, they say. Oh, but it's not! When you add it to your baked goods - you know it's Fall! You know it's holiday baking time!
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This is the view of the center, so you can see how fluffy and light these muffins are. Gorgeous from the high top to the very bottom and the last scrumptious crumb on your plate!
Spice Donut Muffins with Peanut Butter Glaze
Ingredients
- ½ c vegetable or canola oil
- ½ c granulated sugar
- ⅓ c packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ⅔ c all-purpose flour
- 1 c milk
- 4 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoon milk
- ½ c powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F. Grease your muffin tin ( not only each cavity but the top surface in between them too ). Set aside.
- In a bowl of you stand mixer, beat together oil and both sugars, until well blended.
- Add eggs, one by one, beating well after each addition.
- Turn off the mixer. Add baking powder, soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Beat again until incorporated.
- With your mixer on the lowest speed, add flour alternating with milk, making sure you start and end with flour.
- Spoon the batter into prepared muffin tin, filling each cavity nearly full.
- Bake 15 to 17 minutes.
- Cool in pan for 2 to 3 minutes. Gently pop out and transfer onto a cooling rack to cool completely before glazing.
- For the glaze:
- Place peanut butter and milk in a microwave safe bowl. Heat up in 10 second increments, until liquid and runny consistency.
- Add enough powdered sugar to thicken it up but still drizzling consistency.
- Pour over muffins.
Notes
Nutrition
These muffins have incredible high tops. Just look at this one:
It was calling for a glaze. I knew it would drip beautifully, forming those tempting arches along the way. And it did.
I sprinkled some brown sugar on top of each muffin. Just for fun.
Now don't you tell me I am the only one who wipes the glaze of the empty plate with my finger to enjoy the last bit of it.....
xoxo,
Anna
Laura@bakinginpyjamas says
I like the combination of spice with a peanut butter glaze. They look the perfect size for popping into your mouth.
CrunchyCreamySw says
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Emily Morris says
I love cloves too. My husband does not. I don't know what his problem is. I would be wiping every last bit of glaze from my plate.
Anna @ Hidden Ponies says
I definitely feel the same way about glaze 🙂 Love the peanut butter touch!
Whitney @ The Newlywed Chefs says
I've died and gone to muffin heaven! Drooling...
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Aww, thanks, Whitney 🙂
Averie says
They look so good and I love!! that glaze you put on them! Anything PB just gets me 🙂
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Yay! I am so glad you like them, Averie! Thank you!
kristy @ the wicked noodle says
I've found the first thing that's different about us - I don't like cloves! But, in my defense, my mom used to put ground cloves on my tooth if I had a toothache as a kid; take it from me, straight cloves is NOT good. Such a traumatic childhood! 😉
But I LOVE these muffins anyway! I'll definitely give them a shot - that glaze looks amazing!!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
OMG! It's so funny you said that because we used to do that with nutmeg and now I can't stand even the smell of it!! LOL
I am glad you like the muffins and the glaze - they were a big hit in our family! xoxo
Minnie says
I gain 5 pounds just by LOOKING at your recipes Anna! Not fair, lol! I want to grab a spoon now. On second thoughts, I will use my hand. Lick! Slurpp!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
LOL I knew this glaze is a trouble-maker 😉 Thanks, Minnie!
Jen says
Those are some gorgeous muffins! That glaze looks so yummy.
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Thank you so much, Jen!
Words Of Deliciousness says
Donut muffins, I like the way that sounds. These look really yummy with the peanut butter glaze. I think a glaze makes everything better.
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Thank you so much, Dawn!
Laura Dembowski says
I see donut muffins everywhere, but these look so much better than the typical with that peanut butter glaze! Wish I had one now 🙂
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
I am so glad you like them, Laura! Thank you for stopping by!
Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe says
I love cloves too! I've been adding ground cloves to all of my baked goods lately, can't get enough! Fall baking is THE best. These muffins look great!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
You are absolutely right, Amanda! The best thing - it's just started! Yay! Thank you! xoxo
Rachel @ My Naturally Frugal Family says
Oh My! I feel like I say that everytime I am looking at your food...but it is always so beautifully presented.
I do love a glaze and yes I do take a finger to get every last drop (my kids may or may not use their tongues 🙂
I think I could enjoy the muffin all on its own because really what is better than a muffin and donut mixed together?
No need to answer it is rhetorical 🙂
Happy Thursday Anna!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Aww, thank you so much, sweet Rachel 🙂 xoxo
Jessica says
I love the smell of cloves! Oh man, peanut butter glaze. . .I'm not sure how much of it would actually make it to the muffins. . .!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
So we should totally make more and afterwards sit down with the leftover and enjoy it 🙂 Thanks, Jessica!
Ramona says
I think I could eat that peanut butter glaze on my arm and love it. 🙂 YUMMY!!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Thanks, Ramona!
The Café Sucré Farine says
I would never THINK of wiping the glaze from an empty plate or from anywhere else for that matter ................ oh dear, my nose is growing ............. a lot! 🙂 LOVE your muffins and in reality I would probably forego licking the runaway drips and just get a spoon and eat this lovely, delicious looking peanut butter glaze!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
I like the way you're thinking, Chris! Thank you 🙂