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Snickerdoodle Muffins

Published: May 29, 2020 · Modified: Mar 15, 2025 by Joanie Simon · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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Snickerdoodle Muffins are a soft, cake-like muffin topped with cinnamon and sugar and taste just like their cookie counterparts. You only need a few pantry staples to add this new favorite to your brunch menu.

sweet cake snickerdoodle muffins are topped with cinnamon and sugar in cute cupcake liners

What is a snickerdoodle?

I feel like I don't need to go into much detail about why you're going to love these from a flavor standpoint. You know snickerdoodle cookies, right? Cinnamon and sugar on the outside, soft on the inside? I love them, too! Just imagine those cookies but in muffin form.

snickerdoodle muffins out of the oven ready to be sugared

Easy Brunch Recipe

I love to bake these for holiday brunches like Mother's Day and Easter in place of cinnamon rolls. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE cinnamon rolls. But, making them from scratch is a bit of an ordeal. These muffins fit that same sweet baked good category on the menu but only take 45 minutes from start to finish.

How to Make Snickerdoodle Muffins

Here's the step by step in pictures:

bowl with egg, butter, shortening and sugar ready to make snickerdoodle muffins
Start with the wet ingredients
bowl with eggs and sugars beaten
cream together the eggs, butter and shortening and sugar
dry ingredients in a bowl for snickerdoodle muffins
Combine dry ingredients
batter for snickerdoodle muffins
Add the dry to the wet until smooth
measuring out scoops of snickerdoodle muffin batter into a muffin tin
use a food server for perfect sized muffins

Muffin Liners

I personally like to use muffin liners whenever baking muffins or cupcakes. They make cleanup a lot easier. However, you can prepare these straight in the pan without liners. Just be sure to grease the sides of the pan so they come out clean.

snickerdoodle muffins on a blue napkin

What to serve with Snickerdoodle Muffins

  • Green Chili Egg Casserole
  • Eggs Benedict Casserole
  • Bacon and Cheese Quiche
  • Healthy Homemade Granola
snickerdoodle muffins cut in half to show the soft cake-like interior
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sweet cake snickerdoodle muffins are topped with cinnamon and sugar in cute cupcake liners

Snickerdoodle Muffins

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  • Author: Joanie Simon
  • Prep Time: 20
  • Cook Time: 25
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 12
  • Category: breakfast
  • Method: baking
  • Cuisine: American
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Description

Cookies for breakfast! Snickerdoodle Muffins are a soft, cake-like muffin topped with cinnamon and sugar and taste just like their cookie counterparts. You only need a few pantry staples to adds this new favorite to your brunch menu.


Ingredients

  • ¼ cup butter, softened
  • ¼ cup shortening, softened
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • ½ cup milk
  • ⅓ cup butter, melted
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon


Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350F
  • Line muffin tin with 12 muffin liners. If you don't use muffin liners, be sure to grease the edges of the muffin tin to prevent the muffins from sticking to the sides.
  • Combine the ¼ softened butter, ¼ cup softened shortening, ½ cup sugar and 1 egg and beat until light and fluffy. The mixture should be light yellow in color.
  • Combine the dry ingredients in a separate small bowl: 1.5 cups all purpose flour, 1.5 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg.
  • Next mix the dry ingredients into the butter and sugar mixture, alternating with ½ cup milk. Mix until incorporated but be sure not to overmix as that will create a denser muffin.
  • Fill the muffin liners with batter until ⅔ full. Should fill approximately 12 muffins on a standard sized muffin tin.
  • Bake muffins for 20 - 25 minutes at 350F until they have risen, are golden on top and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Melt ⅓ cup butter in microwave safe bowl by microwaving it for 30 seconds and then at 15 second intervals until it's melted.
  • Combine ½ cup sugar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon in a small bowl.
  • Brush the melted butter on to the tops of the muffins and the sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. The butter will help the cinnamon and sugar adhere and stick when it dries.
  • Enjoy warm or after fully cooled.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 muffin
  • Calories: 229
  • Sugar: 13.1 g
  • Sodium: 110 mg
  • Fat: 13.3 g
  • Carbohydrates: 25.7 g
  • Fiber: 0.6 g
  • Protein: 2.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 38.1 mg

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Comments

  1. Gwen says

    May 29, 2020 at 8:11 pm

    I love the mix of muffin wrappers you used! The two different ruffles along with the striped tea towel is such a clever use of textures. Very cool!

    Reply
    • Joanie Simon says

      May 30, 2020 at 1:49 pm

      Thanks! It was the last couple of the large wave liners I had so I combined it with regular ones. Glad it worked out! 🙂

      Reply
  2. The Happy Whisk (Ivy/Whisk) says

    June 11, 2020 at 3:33 am

    I like the idea of the pastry brush, too. Very much so. Better than the mess and the burn. Happy Baking!

    Reply
    • Joanie Simon says

      June 12, 2020 at 1:47 am

      Thank you for stopping by!

      Reply

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