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Monkey muffins!

Pull apart muffins made with a no yeast dough coated with cinnamon sugar , and then glazed!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 9 servings

Ingredients
  

For the dough

  • 125 grams or 1 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsps baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup yoghurt , at room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 115 grams or 1/2 cups butter
  • 50 grams or 1/4 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder

For the glaze

  • 52 grams or 1/2 cup icing sugar
  • 1 o 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 180 c / 350 F. Grease your muffin tray with butter.
  • Melt the butter and let cool.
  • Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon . Keep aside.
  • Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar , baking powder and salt.
  • Add the milk, yoghurt and three tablespoons of the melted butter. Mix until it forms a smooth dough. You may need to use your hands.
  • Make small balls of the dough (about a cm in size) , dip in the butter. Tap off excess butter into the bowl.
  • Roll in the cinnamon sugar.
  • Place into the greased muffin trays. You don't have to squish them together. They just need to be touching. Repeat with all the dough.
  • Bake in the preheated oven at 180 C/ 350 F for 18-20 minutes.They will increase a little in size and turn a dark brown. Cool in the tray for five minutes and then nudge them out (by running a knife along the cavity) .
  • When they are out of the oven, prepare the glaze by mixing together the milk and icing sugar until smooth. Add more milk if needed to achieve desired consistency.
  • Pour over warm muffins and serve!

Notes

Step by step tutorial:
Also:
  • These are best eaten warm. But can be stored in an airtight container for upto 2 days. Warm and glaze before serving.
  • You' ll have some melted butter leftover.