Sufganiyot Muffins for Hanukkah!

Posted by Ketzirah on Dec 22, 2008 in Chanukah | Comments Off on Sufganiyot Muffins for Hanukkah!

I was at the coffee shop next to my office a few days ago and they had doughnut muffins.  If you’ve never had a doughnut muffin, you are seriously missing out.  That lead to a whole train of thought, which ended in the idea of sufganiyot muffins for Hanukkah!  I only discovered the sufganiyot a few years back.  A local restaurant, owned by a cranky Jewish baker,  would always have the delicious fried doughnut goodness.  Then I stopped working in that area of town, so alas, no more sufganiyot for me.  I also had to find a new place to get my challah, but that’s a different story.

A key aspect to the doughnut muffin is that it isn’t fried.  Well, that ruins the whole Hanukkah tie-in.  But, it is brushed with butter at the end before being coated in cinnamon sugar.  To Hanukkahfy it, I added a dollop of sour cherry jam to the center and brushed the outside with olive oil, before coating it cinnamon sugar.

Must say, they’ve turned out delicious!

Here’s the recipe I used: Doughnut Muffin Recipe from Fine Cooking

I also recommend you read their article about these muffins. It was a great refresher on baking techniques.

If anyone has a good history of the sufganiyot — please share!  Is it just and excuse to eat doughnuts?  I’m really okay with that, but I’m curious?

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