foodie fridays: simple french breakfast puffs with cinnamon sugar
Weekends should be simple.
Should being the operative word.
Is it me, or once we jump over the Labor Day hurdle, we try to smash, cram, and shove all we can in before the magical day of eats appears (a.k.a Thanksgiving). Like I’m talking there isn’t room for a single fart from now until the turkey sweats. After that, we can fart away. What?
But rather than get caught up in all the heart palpitations caused by to-do list analyzing and over booked travel schedules, let’s French this weekend. Not in the total make out, tonsil hockey style, but more of the chilax style with a side of sucking face. Oui?
When we visited France back in July, I easily absorbed their carefree lifestyle. Late morning pastries, lunch, a siesta, and then little dinner nibbles throughout the night. Oh, and a glass of wine in between or with each pit stop. Dare I say one could get used to said lifestyle?
Even though most days I start by jumping on the merry-go-round of life, I do take a moment and ease into my weekend mornings. These French breakfast muffins with cinnamon sugar have a way of coaxing you into savoring each bite. I threw in some whole wheat flour because it balances with the wine you’ll have at noon.
The piece de resistance is the melted butter melted over the tops with a dusting of cinnamon sugar. It’s as if life is telling you to sloooooooooooow down take a bite and make out.
Oui?
Simple French Breakfast Puffs with Cinnamon Sugar
Ingredients:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup unsalted butter (+ 3 tablespoons for garnish)
1/2 cup whole milk
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup cup granulated sugar
1 egg
Directions:
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees.
Spray a 12 muffin cup with non-stick cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder salt, nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. In another large bowl, cream butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and egg. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture in thirds alternately with the milk. Stir to combine. Fill the muffin cups about 2/3 of the way full. Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Once the muffins have cooled, melt the remaining tablespoons of butter. Combine the rest of the cinnamon and granulated sugar. Dip the muffins in the butter and then roll around in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Oh these are the perfect weekend treat!! And I am so jealous of you France trip, so fun!
Thanks, Tieghan!!
Ohhhhh la la, ma cheri! I can have one glass of wine per puff, oui?
Definitely, oui!!! xoxo
Love the photos and this recipe is amazing. Can’t wait to start my weekends with these breakfast puffs.
You know it! #wine&puffs
YES! I can eat these puffs AND drink wine at noon! You’re the best.
Fo’ shizzle!! thanks, Laura!
Can’t go wrong with a simple recipe like this. Looks lovely!
Thanks, Katrina!
Just reading this post calmed me down. So looking forward to the weekend – and I’ll open a bottle of red with these puffs. Thanks.
I like your style, Sune! I’ll send some puffs over now!
Every time I go back to France, I say I’m going to bring the carefree lifestyle back to D.C. with me, and then I get sucked back into the rat race. Thanks for the reminder. 🙂 I need to get to eatin’ these puffs and get my French back!
dude, totally feel ya! we americans are so cray about getting 4,500, 327 things done in six seconds! Sigh. Thank goodness for puffs!
Ooooh la la! C’est magnifique!
Ok, that’s the extent of my French. These look amazing, and perfect for busy or simple weekends leading up to Turkey Day. 🙂
Oh the whole wheat flour totally balances out the wine! Ha ha ha! These look amazing!
Absolutely awesome, love these. Beautiful pics as always!
Such a great way to start the weekend!
GORGEOUS photos – yay for butter and cinnamon sugar toppings! Hope your weekend is wonderful!
Oui to everything in this post (including not having time for a single fart… which may be the first time I’ve read about THAT topic on a food blog 😉 ).
I will happily start that bottle of wine at noon, after polishing off a plate of this yumminess!
These sound amazing! I’d like a few dozen for breakfast tomorrow, please! 😉
Ohhhh holy moly. And there isn’t any time I won’t be craving these!
The Pioneer Womens first cookbook has a recipe for these. i have made them so many times I don’t even look at the cookbook anymore! Your recipe looks divine!!
I am going to have to try these!
What a relaxing way to start your weekend!
hi there,
i recently moved back to colorado (durango) and live at about 6,500 feet. am i correct in assuming all your baked recipes are for high altitude? do i need to make any general adjustments for the difference between denver and durango? thank you!
Mary – Hi! Thank you for comment. I didn’t adjust the recipe for high altitude. My recommendation would be to keep the ingredients the same, but shorten the baking time. Let me know if you have any other questions. Love Durango!!
A make-out sesh with these babies is SO what I need in my mornings. Weekends, weekdays…I want it all!
Love these! Just what I need for the weekend… now if it would hurry up and get here… 😉
Is it me, or once we jump over the Labor Day hurdle, we try to smash, cram, and shove all we can in before the magical day of eats appears (a.k.a Thanksgiving). Like I’m talking there isn’t room for a single fart from now until the turkey sweats.
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