Coffee Cake Muffins

Total Time Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 20 min.
Yield 1 dozen
Test Kitchen Approved
These easy coffee cake muffins bake up with high domes topped with streusel and a fragrant vanilla glaze.

Ingredients

  • STREUSEL:
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • BATTER:
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup 2% milk
  • GLAZE:
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tablespoon 2% milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°. In a small bowl, combine flour, sugars, cinnamon and salt. Stir in butter just until combined. Refrigerate until firm.
  2. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon; set aside. In another small bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg until combined. Gradually add dry mixture alternatively with milk.
  4. Spoon 1 tablespoon batter into each of the 12 paper-lined muffin cups. Top each with 1 teaspoon cinnamon sugar mixture and about 2 tablespoons batter. Top with chilled streusel.
  5. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 16-18 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.
  6. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over muffins. Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts

1 muffin: 275 calories, 10g fat (6g saturated fat), 41mg cholesterol, 268mg sodium, 44g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.

These coffee cake muffins make it easy to take coffee cake on the go. Each one tastes just like a slice of cake from the pan, thanks to a cinnamon-flavored batter, brown sugar streusel and a confectioners' sugar glaze. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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