Meaning of bruffin | Babel Free

Definitions

A combination of a brioche and a muffin.

Examples

“But it wasn’t until he invented the cronut — a croissant/doughnut hybrid — after striking out on his own⟳, that he ascended to star status. Time magazine called it one of the best inventions of 2013, and it birthed several other hybrid pastries including the bruffin (brioche/muffin), the duffin (doughnut/muffin) and the scuffin (scone/muffin).”

“With O Magazine creative director Adam Glassman at her side, Winfrey whittled gifts down from more than 500 choices. Making the cut⟳ are multiculti Barbies; a sampler of intoxicating gardenias, lilies and orchids; a fab faux-fur pet jacket; wireless speakers Winfrey calls “the creme de la creme”; and the bruffin, a savory treat⟳ the Daily News celebrated in January as the “buttery love⟳ child of a muffin and a brioche.””

“A breakfast highlight is the “bruffin”, a delicious but caloric muffin crossed with a brioche.”

““What’s a duffin?” he asked hesitantly. “It’s part doughnut part muffin. The cruffins and bruffins looked good too, but I didn’t want⟳ to go crazy, so I just stuck with the cronuts.” “What the heck are you talking about?” he said. “A cruffin is part croissant part muffin and a bruffin is part brioche and part muffin,” I replied.”

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