Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins

I’ve been cleaning up my diet for a few months now.  I’ll tell my husband that “I mean it this time and to give me a hold me accountable if I wander to the kitchen for a late night snack other than fruit.”  He promises to do so.

And then I wander to the kitchen and come up with a dessert that only a crazy woman would call dessert…you know, something like dry oats mixed with nuts, dried fruit, doused in yogurt and honey.  Sure, it sounds healthy on paper – but two large bowls of this concoction?  Not healthy.

And my husband tries.  First tactic: curiosity: “Oh, what are you having?  Some pineapple chunks?”  My response: “Yeah.  Fruit.  Some other stuff, too.”

As I serve up the second bowl he tries his second tactic: direct questioning: “Oh, are you really hungry?  That was a hearty dinner and you had your fruit already.”  My response, through gritted teeth: “Yeah.  I’m hungry.  I ran 4 miles today and 14 miles yesterday.  You try it.”

Poor husband.  He tries.  So these events have been happening for quite awhile.  This time I’m serious.  I think.  I don’t know how to hold myself accountable.  I used to be so good!  What are your tips?  I thought about spray painting “ARE YOU SURE!?” across my kitchen walls but that might ruin the decor.

I baked these cinnamon sugar donut muffins weeks ago.  I made them for my biology students the morning of their final exam.  I really, really want to instill healthy habits in my students.  They eat like crap.  But they’d rather go hungry than eat healthy stuff that I bring them.

They loved these muffins.  They were super simple to make.  They were fluffy and sweet.  They were perfectly unhealthy.  Good for a last-day-of-the-year celebration.

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins (adapted from a recipe seen on The Way to His Heart..)