Jam (jelly) Doughnut Muffins

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 300 g self-raising flour
• 2/3 cup caster sugar, plus
• 1/2 cup caster sugar, extra to coat
• 80 ml vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 175 ml buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 teaspoons good-quality strawberry jam (jelly)
• 100 g unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c and grease a 6-hole muffin pan.
• 2 sift the flour into a medium bowl, then add a pinch of salt and the caster sugar.
• 3 in a jug, combine the vegetable oil, egg, buttermilk and vanilla extract. add to the dry mixture and stir to only just combine. place a spoonful of the mixture in each muffin hole and make an indent in the centre. fill each indent with a generous 1/2 teaspoon of strawberry jam.
• 4 cover the jam with the remaining muffin mixture and bake for 20 minutes.
• 5 remove from the oven and set aside to cool slightly.
• 6 meanwhile, melt the butter.
• 7 combine the extra sugar and the cinnamon in a large bowl.
• 8 when the muffins are cool enough to handle, brush each muffin with the melted butter, then roll in the cinnamon sugar.
• 9 serve while still a little warm.