These buttermilk spice muffins with a cinnamon sugar nut topping are what Mimi's Cafe is known for! Try this wonderful recipe at home! Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray one 12-cup muffin tin with Pam or add paper liners to tin. In a medium bowl, add all wet ingredients and lightly stir.
Soft, a little chewy, packed with amazing flavor and gooeyness these copycat Mimi's Honey Bran Muffins are are perfect and you might say that they are on the healthy-ish side! WIN! Preheat your oven to 350° and spray muffin tin (12 cup) with spray oil.
Using a medium or large cookie scoop, scoop muffin batter into muffin cups, about 2/3 full, careful not to overfill them, they do overflow a bit, but you don't want them overflowing onto the bottom of your oven. Bake for 20 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
After the war Arthur ran the commissary at MGM studios in Hollywood, stuffing the bellies of big-time celebs like Judy Garland, Clark Gable and Mickey Rooney. He later joined his son Tom in several restaurant ventures including one called "French Quarter" in West Hollywood. This was the prototype for the French-themed Mimi's Cafe.