I cannot believe how much has happened since that Baked Rigatoni post went out a wee 48 hours ago.
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Thanks for the recipe! These were perfect for our snowy no-school morning; my kids loved them. I only had banana yogurt, which was extra yummy! Thanks again!
Erin
I’m currently sitting in my nice comfy bed, propped up with the computer on my lap, and all is well. Or, getting well. But here’s a little reader-friendly recap of where I’ve been over the last two days:
on the couch, covered with blankets, freezing cold, and news flash: that’s not normal
taking my temperature and confirming a fever
at the mall, buying a new computer to replace Bjork’s almost broken one (of course)
keeled over a case of iPhone covers, holding my stomach in pain
in the doctor’s office getting my stomach prodded
at the hospital getting tested for parasites
in the car driving to a different hospital for more testing
getting an ultrasound to check for appendicitis
having blood drawn to prep for possible CT scan
in the CT scan waiting room trying to get the quickest appointment
on an international call with my dad, Dr. dad, at 4am, in the middle of a hospital hallway
back home in bed after getting an alternate diagnosis and deciding to wait on the CT scan
at the pharmacy picking up more Gatorade
at the airport picking up my sisters
(yes, at the airport picking up my sisters! eep!)
on a chat with my dad about how many of each pill to take
in bed watching My Best Friend’s Wedding and drinking Gatorade
vowing never to eat anything again
Not really, but food and I aren’t really friends at the moment.
Sometimes… I have no idea what I’m doing in this life. Like did this all really just happen?
During this mini-whirlwind, people have been so supportive of me and I feel like I can never say thank you enough. I’m getting tears in my eyes as I write this. THANK YOU. The orphanage staff that have given up parts of – no, their entire day – and taken me on a hospital runaround to get all the necessary tests and appointments. The doctors who have given their medical expertise just on seeing us in the hospital hallway. The teachers at the school who have covered my classes for two days, having no plans whatsoever to work from. My parents and in-laws who have called, texted, messaged, and even been willing to take calls in the middle of the night to offer medical and emotional support. My friends who have prayed and emailed and checked in to see how I was doing. My sisters who have pretended to be excited to sit around the house all afternoon on their first day in the Philippines while I lay in bed.
Sometimes life is crazy.
And now I will talk about coffee cake muffins.
I made these muffins last weekend when my life was still somewhat put-together and I was still eating things.
These muffins are not crazy. They’re predictable and normal and classically delicious in that way that coffee cake can be. They were fluffy with a thick struesel layer in the middle. And you could even add a little more struesel to the middle. I think that’s everybody’s favorite part anyways.
Don’t have a jumbo muffin tin? Me either. Still worked. But if you have one, use it. These deserve to be jumbo.
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Coffee Cake Muffins
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
These coffee cake muffins are super moist and full of cinnamon coffee cake flavor. Topped with a delicious cinnamon sugar streusel!
Ingredients
- scant 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 stick butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (more to taste)
- 1/2 stick cold butter, cut into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a small bowl and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, cream the butter, sour cream or yogurt, and vanilla. Whisk the egg into the mixture; add the sugar and mix until well combined.
- Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture until just moistened.
- For the struesel, combine the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, and butter in a small bowl. Cut the butter into the sugar and flour until coarse crumbs form. You can also use a food processor for this.
- Spoon the batter into buttered and floured jumbo muffin tins, filling about 1/3 of the way. Sprinkle a heaping tablespoon of crumbs (or more for a thicker struesel layer in the middle) on top of the batter. Cover with more batter until 3/4 of the way full and sprinkle struesel crumbs over the top of each muffin. Bake for 15+ minutes, depending on the size of your muffin tins.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: coffee cake muffins, coffee cake, cinnamon coffee cake muffins
Hi! Is this unsalted or salted butter?
You could do either, but we think salted would be good!
They were super dry. I feel like there was an an ingredient missing from above, but I know I added all the moisture listed. I will not be making these again!
I appreciate this recipes will try it out.
I made these to take to a Motherās Day brunch. I was very disappointed. There is too much salt in the streusel mixture! The batter was good. But they should have been sweet not salty. If I try them again I would only use a pinch of salt.
We just made these tonight and they are just scrumptious! Wonderfully moist coffee cake flavor, and the topping is so yummy! I doubled the cinnamon and didn’t think it was too much at all. I made myself stop at two, but I could have eaten two more!
Might be the best muffin recipe Iāve ever made!
Tasted great but didnāt fluff up – kind of flattened out on top. Any suggestions?
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Thanks for the delicious muffin recipe! I had some problems with it, though. I did’t realize until I’d already started measuring ingredients to double the recipe that I needed to use a jumbo muffin pan. At any rate, I ended up with six small, perfectly baked muffins (baked for 14 minutes) and six underbaked jumbo muffins (baked for 22 minutes). I think your original recipe needs to call for a regular sized muffin pan, and I think that would make 6-8 regular sized muffins. If baking jumbo muffins, there will be six short muffins, but they’ll probably be better baked than mine were. I know that sounds a little convoluted, but now I’m realizing I am one of those annoying, picky commenters. Sorry about that. It’s a great muffin, just had trouble with the pan size. :/
Got these in the oven now – the batter is yummy. However it only made 4 muffins (and i have a ton of streusel left over.) Also i would suggest creaming the butter and sugar and adding the yogurt later. When i added cold yogurt to room temp butter, the butter got really lumpy and never creamed up again. However I don’t think it’s really going to affect the outcome that much. It just bugged me š Thanks for the recipe tho!
Thanks for the recipe! These were perfect for our snowy no-school morning; my kids loved them. I only had banana yogurt, which was extra yummy! Thanks again!
Glad you liked them Erin! Snow days are THE BEST.
Yum!!!!! So moist and got rave reviews. Will make again. So great with tea or coffee.
Made these for a snack and boy! They turn out good. Just be sure to use 1 cup flour for the main batter, 1/2 for the crumbs or it won’t work
These look so good, they are going to be on my table tomorrow morning for breakfast!
Feel better soon!!!
Coffee cake muffins?! So perfect! If it was a whole cake, I wouldn’t know how to stop!
Oh my, bless your heart, you went through such hell! I hope you are much better now š
but I have a tiny question, how long do you bake if you’re making them in regular cupcake pans? i’d love to try these out big and small! š
Thanks!
Just the same (they will just pop over the top more and the jumbo ones will have a rounded top). Does that makes sense? It affects the shape more than the size. I used the baking time listed for my regular pan.
Coffee cake in a MUFFIN… don’t think I’m not making this. Like tomorrow! Love it!
I hope you feel better soon! I remember getting sick while in Europe and it was terrible. Never fun being sick away from home.
On the brighter side the muffins look great. I love coffee cake (with lots of streusal). Its an acceptable dessert for breakfast.
Oh Lindsay!
I’m so sorry to hear that you were so sick! I wish I would’ve read your blog sooner to find out and pray for you earlier. But, I’m now praying that you get better very soon. You are so special!!
These muffins look delicious, by the way.
Miss you!
Love, Jamie
Thanks Jamie! I’m finally feeling a little bit better, so that’s a relief! š Hope you and your sweet boys are doing well!
Hey Linds!
Yes, we’re doing good. We all ( and i mean ALL 4 of us) got the flu 2 weeks ago. It was awful…but gratefully better. Glad to hear that you’re feeling better. š
I SO enjoy reading your blog….it’s like you’re talking to me! I love it!!!
Hope you’re feeling better! I wish I can send you some soup or something that you can hold down.
Oh and these muffins – yeah, I really need these in my life! I wish I could wake up to this tomorrow morning.