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Fairy Puffs

Course Breakfast, Brunch
Servings 24 mini muffins

Ingredients
  

Fairy Puffs

  • 1 ⅓ cups (6 oz or 99g) all purpose flour, sifted
  • 3 tablespoons dragonfruit powder *See note below
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • Scant ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • cup (2 5/8 oz or 75g) unsalted butter, softened
  • ½ cup (3 1/2 oz or 100g) granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup (4 oz or 118ml) whole milk

Topping

  • ½ cup (4 oz or 113g) unsalted butter, melted
  • ½ cup (3 1/2 oz or 100g) granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup (3 1/2 oz or 100g) sparkling sugar crystals **I used combinations of white, pink, purple & blue
  • edible flowers (optional)

Instructions
 

Fairy Puffs

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour a 24 serving mini muffin pan.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, dragonfruit powder, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  • Add egg and beat until smooth.
  • Add flour mixture and milk alternately in two additions and mix just until combined.
  • Transfer batter to prepared muffin pan, filling muffin cups about 3/4 full.
  • Bake until toothpick inserted in center of muffins comes out clean, about 12-14 minutes. (Be careful not to over bake. Check a few minutes early. Small muffins can dry out easily.)
  • Let cool in pan for 5 minutes. Remove puffs from pan and transfer to cooling rack. (Loosen puffs with a small offset spatula or butter knife if necessary.)

Topping

  • Combine granulated sugar and cinnamon in a shallow bowl.
  • Place colored sparkling sugar crystals in another shallow bowl.
  • Dip the bottoms of each puff in melted butter, then into cinnamon sugar mixture.
  • Dip the tops of each puff in melted butter, then into sparkling sugar.
  • Decorate with edible flowers if desired.

Notes

*To purchase dragonfruit powder, click here.
 **To purchase pink sparkling sugar crystals, click here.
 
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