Doughnut Cupcakes

So today we tried out a new recipe (thanks Pinterest!) and Tyler loved it so I thought I would share it. They are called Doughnut Cupcakes!

3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking power

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

1/4 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup milk (low fat is fine)

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp butter, melted

1/2 cup sugar, for rolling

Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a muffin tin with cooking spray or vegetable oil.

In a large bowl, beat together sugar and egg until light in color.

In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Pour into egg mixture and stir to combine. Pour in vegetable oil, milk and vanilla extract.

Divide batter evenly into 10 muffin cups or ~24 mini-muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full.

Bake for 15-18 minutes for standard-sized muffins or 11-12 minutes for mini-muffins, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

While muffins are baking, melt butter and pour remaining sugar into a small bowl.

When muffins are done, lightly brush the top of each with some melted butter, remove from the pan and roll in sugar. Cool on a wire rack.

Yield:  ~10 standard muffins or ~24 mini-muffins  

Tyler loves them! He wants it to be one of those recipes that our kids  think of as a family classic.

Our Planning Picnic!

So naturally, after making some yummies, we went outside to have a picnic and plan some future goals. I would say that it was a successful Sunday and the relaxation was needed especially after having taught our sunbeams class this morning. I don't know if it's because it was perfect weather today but they were at the top of the levels for energy so we felt completely dead after church. And now here we are, sitting on the couch watching Prison Break, our new addiction TV Show. Seriously. It's so good and my brain won't turn off thinking about it ever. At night in bed when I should be sleeping I'm wondering what will happen next and during work I'm just raving about it to my co-workers. My name is Rifka Jensen and I'm an addict! ha! Well until next time! Thanks for reading!

Love, the Jensen's