Jelly Donut Muffins
Life is filled with yummy adventures and we just returned from a glorious one. We feasted on memorable muffins with our grandkids and enjoyed amazing Washington State.
We flew to Spokane and then drove three hours north, quite near the Canadian border. On our way we crossed the expansive Columbia River. It was a stormy spring day and a perfect day to travel.
Our son and daughter (in-law) traveled to Ecuador for a week. We enjoyed a few days on each end of our trip with them, but most of our time was spent caring for three little grands who live in the middle of no-where, ages 5, 4 and 1. They are each busy, creative and such fun just to watch….
along with our handsome grand Springer Spaniel, Blintzen, who is almost one year old.
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| My view from the kitchen window at the glorious lake below their home. |
Our phones and computers didn’t work and we filled our days reading stories, playing games, watching classic DVD movies, enjoying long walks and keeping up with diapers, laundry and bath time. Yes, we were “back in the trenches,” getting the kids on the 7:15 school bus, making trips to their small town library, doctor’s office and country grocery store. My hat’s off to all of you young moms who do this all day long. I was long gone by 9:00 PM each night! I’d almost forgotten all that it takes.
Everywhere we turned we saw amazing deer, large herds that live around their home, that are almost tame. We watched them grazing as we waited for the school bus and strolled their neighborhood.
Cloudy skies filled with songbirds brightened our days.
One of the best things about caring for grandchildren is spoiling them. I get to do all the things I wished I’d done more of with my own children. It’s so nice to have a second chance to get it all right, not that I really do!
Making early morning Jelly Donut Muffins warm from the oven was a surprisingly fun start one day. They go together easily and make the house smell so good. Here’s all you need to do:
Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add the wet ingredients.
Combine just until dry ingredients are moistened. Ignore the lumps and don’t over mix. That’s the secret to a light muffin.
Fill greased muffin cups 1/2 full with batter. Add jam of your choice and then cover with more batter to 3/4 full. You can use papers too if you’d like.
Pop your dozen beauties into a preheated 350 degree oven.
Bake until edges are just turning golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
Let the baked muffins cool a few minutes before removing from the pan. Brush the tops with melted butter and sprinkle cinnamon-sugar on top.
Serve warm in a pretty basket with some fresh fruit.
Be prepared for cries of delight when your little munchers find the surprise inside. Oh and if you have extra cinnamon and sugar, crunchy cinnamon toast was a big hit too!
Jelly Donut Muffins
- 1-3/4 cups flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 3/4 cup milk
- 12 teaspoons jam or jelly (I used red-raspberry)
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Combine sugar, oil, egg and milk; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups half full. Place 1 teaspoon jam or jelly on top. Cover jam with enough batter to fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or till done. Brush tops of muffins with melted butter and sprinkle generously with cinnamon-sugar. Serve warm with lots of love. Makes 1 dozen.
Muffins and kisses just go together, make some!
Muffins and kisses just go together, make some!
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What views, just lovely. Great recipe, thanks for sharing it.
What a beautiful place your son and daughter in law live in!! The grands are darling. Being a Grandam myself, who happens to take care of my almost 4 yr. old grandson full time while Mama works, I know full well what that tired feeling is like at 9:00 p.m.!! I also watch my other two grands, ages 2 & 4, quite often as well. It is wonderful to be in their every day lives….buy my goodness how much harder it is in our 50’s than it was in my 20’s!!!!!!
Hi! I found your blog on SSS today and I’m now a new follower. This recipe looks simple yet awesome. I’m having some houseguests next weekend and I think I’ll fix these. I have a recipe linked on SSS-the rosemary rolls.
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New follower here visiting from Blue Cricket Design. Those muffins look scrumptious! Looking forward to trying them this weekend. The photos you shared are so beautiful. I grew up in Maine, surrounded by water, and deer everywhere(or so it seemed). Made me just a bit homesick. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂
The children will likely never forget this time. What a gift to you and to them…and of course to the young parents who had a little getaway.
Such a beautiful area Gnee, the view from the window alone is just spectacular! I’d love to start the day with one of these muffins too:@)
What a gorgeous place to live! And how sweet of you two to go and take care of the little ones…fun too! I do the same thing..spoil them, it’s a grandma’s right! Love your jelly muffins..they look nummy! 😀
Such beautiful pictures and what darling grand-babies! I love your blog. I’m here from Kim’s party and I’m your newest follower.
xoxo,
Kim
What a glorious part of the world they live in!! Your little grandchildren are so cute!! And the muffins looks really yummy! You always have great recipes!
Thanks for the recipe and WOW, what a view from the kitchen window.
Lovely!
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Those look heavenly…thanks so much for linking up to our Recipe Round-Up today!
If you haven’t already, hop over to http://www.gooseberrypatch.com and enter this recipe for consideration…we’d love to include it in an upcoming cookbook!
Thanks again! 🙂
You’ve been missed! I know what a wonderful experience it is to be with the little ones. My grands are now teens and so busy…have to make an appointment to see them. 🙂 The views you shared are just gorgeous! Nature is just incredible and I love being in places like this. The muffins sound wonderful right now as I’m really hungry! Thanks for sharing ~
xo
Pat
What a gorgeous place ~ your photos are amazing!
Sweet, sweet little ones! I can imagine the joy you had spending time with them! Exhausting for sure but total joy!
Yummy muffins to fill those tummies! What a grandmom giving out all that love 🙂
Welcome home!! I can tell you had a wonderful time even though it was exhausting. It’s a good kind of tired, though, isn’t it?
Your grandchildren are precious! (I love the smile on the one year old.)That scenery is a sight to behold too.
The jam filled muffins sound delicious. I’ve never made something like that before. I’m a pretty good muffin mom so I could do this.
Again, welcome home.
What beautiful scenery, especially the grandchildren:) Whenever I care for my grandchildren for an extended period, I’m pooped! 🙂
These doughnut muffins look delish!! Sounds like you had yourself some awesome bonding time with the grands;)
What a fun trip! THat is so neat that you can just stand and watch deer! Looks beautiful, I am sure your grandkids loved those muffins too!
Welcome home! What an amazing view from the window. Looks like a picture! More cute grandkids! How fun your time must have been!!
Hugs from Omaha!
Sounds like a terrific visit!!! Love the views, and how lucky to see all of those magnificent works of God! Those Jelly muffins, YUMMY!!!
All I can say is yummy! Thanks so much for this post, you rock! If you don’t mind, I would like to make these tomorrow morning for my boys…which means I will be ‘borrowing’ your recipe…and no worries, I will definitely be sure to link back to you!!! If I knew how to do a ‘guest post’ I would do that, but I new and don’t. Sorry. Thanks again and I’m so very excited!
My husband is going to DIE for these! If you get a sec, pop on over to Foodie Friday and link up! Oh, and I found you on Fireflies and Jellybeans!
What a great way to start out the day. Yum!
I’d like to invite you to share this recipe with my linky, Sweet Tooth Friday. I hope to see you there.
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YUM!!!! The muffins look so delicious. That’s a recipe going into my file!
The scenery is beautiful. What a fun time! I agree with you. I try to be a better grandma. I do love to do things with the grands that I didn’t do as a mom.
You got a wonderful view from your kitchen! These muffins sound great, hope I could try them soon!
–Mirage
Great photos! And wow, great doughnuts! These sound amazing!
I can’t wait to make these. Beautiful pictures throughout your blog! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful post and yummy recipe. I want to make these for my girls!
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These muffins look so yummy! I would love for you to link up to Muffin Monday and share your recipe with our readers. I know they will love it too!
Thanks so much for sharing!
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I am so going to have to try this for my hubby love all your pictures they all look great and the muffins look tasty see my blog at http://shopannies.blogspot.com