DULCE DE LECHE CHURRO MUFFINS

Dulce de Leche Churro Muffins are fast, easy, and tasty. They are crispy & cinnamon-sugary on the outside, light & fluffy on the inside.

DULCE DE LECHE CHURRO MUFFINS

These are a cross between a muffin and a donut hole. Because these churro muffins are baked, not fried, you don’t have to feel guilty about popping them! 

You can have these on your table in 20 minutes making for a super-fast, delicious breakfast. It sure beats cereal or a granola bar!

I used a standard size muffin pan for these muffins and go 12 domed-shaped bakery-style muffins. As well you can make them mini, I like this mini muffin pan. You can also bake them as regular size donuts or mini donuts. For minis, you’ll get about 18. However, another bonus with this recipe, you can easily double it if needed.

WHAT DO I NEED TO MAKE DULCE DE LECHE CHURRO MUFFINS?

• Flour. All-purpose
• Baking powder and Baking soda. Baking powder and baking soda create air bubbles and add lift to the muffins.
• Eggs. Large eggs at room temperature.
• Milk. It’s best with whole milk, but you can sub almond or another plant-based milk.
• Sour cream. Whenever you have sour cream in a baked recipe you can almost always substitute Greek yogurt or buttermilk. In fact, I almost always use Greek yogurt simply because it has more protein. These ingredients make for super moist, tender muffins.
• Brown sugar. Brown sugar is brown as well as slightly sticky because it has molasses in it. Light brown sugar has less while Dark brown sugar has more. Therefore, brown sugar has more flavor than granulated white sugar. It’s also why sugar cookies (that use white sugar) are light and chocolate chip cookies are brown. A lot of time you can sub brown sugar for white sure in a recipe. However, it will slightly change the favor.
• Sugar. Granulated white sugar. As well, you can use a 1-to-1 sugar substitute.
• Butter. The rule for baking is to use unsalted butter. However, you can use salted butter and the recipe will turn out just fine. If you use salted butter, you may want to reduce the amount of salt you add to the recipe.

INGREDIENTS THAT FLAVOR THE CHURRO MUFFINS

• Cinnamon. Adds flavor.
• Nutmeg. – the secret ingredient included in bakery muffins
• Salt. Salt enhances the flavor of the ingredients.
• Vanilla extract. I prefer pure vanilla over imitation vanilla.
• Cajeta. – Cajeta is a type of  dulce de leche or thick caramel sauce. However, it’s made with goat’s milk. Whereas, dulce de leche is made with cow’s milk. You can use either in this recipe. Typically, cajeta is found in the Mexican aisle of the store and dulce de leche will either by with the Mexican food or near the condensed milk.

TIPS FOR THE BEST 

• You can fill the center with cajeta or dulce de leche or you can drizzle over the top.
• Nutmeg is the secret ingredient in bakery muffins and it gives the perfect flavor.
• Bake the muffins at a high temperature for the first 5 minutes to help them rise beautifully like bakery muffins. After 5 minutes turn the temperature down to 350° to finish baking.

HOW DO I STORE CHURRO MUFFINS?

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

CAN DULCE DE LECHE MUFFINS BE FROZEN?

You can freeze these muffins for up to 2 weeks.

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