Cinnamon Roll Muffins

As always, I am looking for a sweet treat to bake. 🤤 I love baking and creating something tasty, and especially like knowing what goes in it! With this recipe, I kept it pretty standard, but did do some healthy alternative swaps. 🧁

Recipe:

Main Mixture:

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup almond milk
• 2 tablespoons butter~ melted

For the Filling:

• 4 tablespoons butter~ melted
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 5 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 dashes vanilla extract
• 1 dash cinnamon extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Frosting:

• 2 ounces cream cheese~ softened
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 1/2 tablespoons almond milk

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400 and grease muffin pan with olive oil
• In a bowl, mix together the dry ingredients for the main mixture section (flour, sugar, salt, baking powder)

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• in a separate bowl, add the wet ingredients for the main mixture And mix (egg, almond milk, and melted butter)

• Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl (make a hole in dry bowl to pour wet ingredients in, then mix together until just blended)

• Next, combine all of the ingredients for the filling into a bowl (brown sugar, melted butter, pecans, cinnamon, vanilla & cinnamon extract).
  

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• Once combined and mixed together, add 1/2 of it into the main mixture- folding in slowly. (The other half will be used later!)
  

• Add the batter into the muffin pan, about 1/2 way, then top each muffin with remaining filling mixture.
  

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• Bake 12-16 minutes, or until muffins are firm and slightly golden brown.
• Mix the icing ingredients together while muffins are baking.
  

• Once muffins are done baking, remove from pan and place somewhere to cool- I used a wire rack.

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• Once cooled, add icing on top and serve!
  

This recipe yields 12 muffins

serving size= how many you and your husband will fight over (haha this was the case for me)

I hope you will enjoy these as much as we did! They are great to bring to your next holiday party, a Sunday morning treat, or to share with someone you love. 💗 Let me know how you like them! Remember to follow me on Instagram! @mellyme_ 💫