Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2009

How can this recipe have so many good reviews? I followed the directions exactly, and they came out very bland. They weren't awful or anything, just no distincitive taste, no pretty texture, nothing. I can sure use my ingredients for something more impressive and tasty than this.

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Yiouli

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

Living In: Athens, Attica, Greece

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Reviewed: Mar. 29, 2009

These are everything I'd hoped they'd be! They do have the cake donut flavor I was looking for. I used paper liners instead of greasing the pan and only got 10 muffins out of the recipe. You don't need nearly the amount of cinnamon sugar or butter for the topping (though having plenty makes dipping the hot muffins easier)...I just saved the extra sugar mix for the next batch, because I will be making these again soon!

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Jeri L.

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Reviewed: Mar. 15, 2009

everyone loved these muffins. my kids liked them better without the sugar topping. easy to make and not too sweet, just right with coffee

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4in4mom

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Reviewed: Sep. 10, 2008

Very nice and light. My family really enjoyed them.

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Catherine

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Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2008

How could these ever be bland! They're AWESOME!!! Made a dozen last night and they're gone today! Did take recs on adding pumpkin pie spice and only making half the topping. Might even make 'em again tonight!!!

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mrsbucket91905

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Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2007

Good, but not great. Will try some of the variations listed in the other reviews.

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straydog

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Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2007

I used 1 1/2 teaspoons of Pumpkin Pie Spice instead of the nutmeg and added 1 tsp. of vanilla to the sugar/oil mixture, and they came out wonderfully-not bland at all. However, the recipe only made 10 regular muffins :(.

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Claudio

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Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2007

Really loved this recipe. Definitely reminded me of the cake donuts I used to have when I was a kid from a local bakery. My daughter thought they were dry but I think we had different expectations. DELICIOUS. I will probably make this recipe way too many times!

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JulieE

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Reviewed: May 11, 2007

I added a little more nutmeg and some cinnamon to the recipe, but its still a bit bland. Not bad with a cup of tea, but couldn't stand on its own as a breakfast item.

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danido

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Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2007

Amazing how much this DID taste like donuts. My toddlers helped make them and the best part was dipping the top into the butter and cinnamon and sugar. Great recipe. A keeper.

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wendy

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Home Town: Washington, D.C., USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 17, 2006

The flavor of the muffins was decent, and but it was easy. So it gets a three star for that. The muffins look more like biscuits than muffins. It has a rough and crumbly exterior. I wouldnt not make this again, sorry.

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Minyatur

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Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2006

This was an excellent recipe - especially to play around with! I didnt have any nutmeg so I used cinnamon, vanilla flavoring, and ginger in the batter. I used 1/3 more cups of milk and had to add a little more flour to get a thicker consistancy. I also added a tablespoon of ground coffee. I used 2 old "6 muffin" pans and the recipe made exactly 12 muffins. They were absolutely delicious, and the buttery topping with the sugar mix was the perfect compliment. This is a very sweet recipe (may be too sweet for some) but thats exactly how I personally like it. I will definately make these again.

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Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2006

WOW! Great muffin and they do taste like cake doughnuts!! No need to get out the oil and fryer if you have a hankering for a doughnut and don't want the mess! I did add taste the batter and doubled the nutmeg and added 1 tsp. cinnamon also. Only made 5 1/2 Texas size muffins and baked at 27 minutes so if making normal size muffins, watch the time closely so they don't burn. They rose so high and looked the picture when I took them out of the oven. I had some butter mixture w/brown sugar and cinnamon left in the fridge so just nuked that and as soon as they came out of the oven, I brushed that on and it did have a browned butter taste. I then sprinkled them with whitesugar/cinnamon mixture. These are super light and fluffy tasting. I would double the nutmeg and add 1 tsp. cinnamon to the batter. Recipe doesn't call for vanilla, but if I had added a touch of that also, these would have been over the top. Great to make also if one wants a breakfast muffin and do not have fruit. KEEPER! thanks so much.

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TUNISIANSWIFE

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Reviewed: Jun. 8, 2005

These were so delicious! The topping was way too much (I made 4 batches and had plenty left over). I let the tops of the muffins sit in the butter for about 30 seconds before putting them in the topping mix. It seemed to make it carmalize a bit. Everbody absolutely loved these and went back for more again and again.

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BLUUBUTTERFLY

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Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2005

I'm giving this 4 stars because the kids loved them. I didn't care for them but they were easy to make.

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Lollie

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Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2004

I followed the recipe exactly and I thought the muffins were pretty bland. I like the heavy texture, and the smell while baking was wonderful - but I ate one right out of the oven and it was okay, then another after they had completely cooled and was still just okay. I was expecting these to knock my socks off based on other reviews, but I thought they were average.

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LUNULA

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Reviewed: Aug. 10, 2004

Muffins were a bit dry, but the tops were addictive.

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TNPFAFF

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Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2004

This was very tasty. I added about 3/4 tsp of cinnamon as advised from other reviews and it was good. I only got 9 muffins out of this recipe, tho, and I just have a standard muffin tin...nothing extra big or anything like that. I would scale it up by 1/2 if I made it again.

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LITTLETURTLE30

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Reviewed: Jul. 1, 2004

Great! my sis loved them! I Added alot more cinnamon though...

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ADZELL

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Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2004

Good, filling recipe. I added vanilla & added cinnamon to the batter per another rater's rec.- cut the sugar and butter down to 1/4 cup sugar and less than 1/4 cup butter to coat just the top of the muffins and still had leftover sugar/cinnamon mix. YUMMY!

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