Easy Cinnamon Roll Muffins

I found this on facebook. One day a bunch of my fb friends posted this recipe and how good it was. I decided to try it because my kiddos LOVE cinnamon rolls and those Pillsbury ones are so bad for you. Not that these are overly healthy, but you can doctor it a bit to make it more healthy. This is from a blog I have never heard of before, called Joy the Baker, and at the bottom of the recipe it says it is copyrighted. I am certainly not plagiarizing and always cite my recipe sources.

Easy Cinnamon Roll Muffins
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
4 tsp active dry or rapid rise yeast
2/3 cup warm milk (100-110F; low fat is fine)
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg

Filling/Topping

2 tbsp butter, room temperature
2/3 cup brown sugar
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
pinch ground cardamom (this is crazy expensive and I didn't buy it...I have never bought it...the little jar at Walmart was $11!!)

Icing
1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp milk or cream

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt. Dissolve the yeast in a measuring cup filled with the warmed milk, then stir milk mixture, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and egg into the flour mixture. Mix well, until very smooth. Pour into prepared pan and let rest for 15 minutes (I let it rest in the mixing bowl).
While the dough rests, mix together butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and cardamom(if you are rich) in a small bowl using a fork until all the butter has been incorporated into the sugar and mixture is crumbly. Divide the batter between 12 greased muffin cups. Sprinkle evenly on top of rested dough and press the mixture down into the dough with your fingertips (or swirl in with a spatula.)(you should swirl it...I didn't, I just pressed it in, but not deep enough, I guess, and a lot of the topping ended up not staying on the muffin, and only top layer was cinnamon roll-y, and the rest was just a regular muffin)
Place pan into a cold oven, then set the oven temperature to 350F.
Bake for about 20 minutes, until bread is lightly browned at the edges and the center of the bread springs back when lightly pressed. Some of the sugar mixture on top may still be bubbling.
Cool for at least 30 minutes before whisking the powdered sugar and milk together to form an icing and drizzling it onto the bread.
Serve warm. Leftovers can be reheated in the microwave.

So these were really really really good. I am definitely going to make these again. They smelled great, tasted great, and the kids all loved them. You should totally try them.