Coffee Cake Muffins

I play in the orchestra at church, and sometimes I feel like taking a little snack to my fellow musicians. This recipe was given to me by a friend, and this blog marks my first attempt. I. Am. Fearless.

Coffee Cake Muffns

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3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour

3 Tbsp. brown sugar

1/4 tsp. cinnamon

2 Tbsp. butter

3 Tbsp. chopped walnuts or pecans

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 1/4 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. ground ginger

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 cup butter

1 egg, beaten

1/2 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Prepare 12 muffin cups.

For topping, stir 3 T. flour, brown sugar, and 1/4 tsp. cinnamon. Cut in the 2 T. butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in nuts or pecans.

In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, baking powder, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, ginger, baking soda, and salt. Cut in the 1/4 cup butter unil mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

In another bowl, combine egg with buttermilk. Add egg mixture to dry mixtrue and stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).

Spoon half the batter into muffin cups, filling 1/3 full. Top with half steusel topping, remaining batter, and remaining steusel.

Bake 15-18 minutes or until golden. Cool in muffin cups on cooling rack 5 minutes.

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This is your step-by-step tutorial of how to assemble these muffins. See all the way down the line? I'm creative that way. People often ask if liners can be used with the Stoneware Muffin Pan, and the answer is absolutely! This pan is the secret to the cupcakes that come from my kitchen. Even baking means no scorched bottoms, no dried out insides, and no gross, crusty tops.

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Enjoy these, and let me know if you try them! I accidentally read the recipe incorrectly and used 1/2 cup of walnuts instead of 2 T., so I'm afraid I didn't get the true experience. Oh, well... just gotta try again!

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