Coffee Cake Muffins

Name: Coffee Cake Muffins
Yield: Makes 12 muffins
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (3½ ounces/99 grams), granulated sugar; 1/3 cup packed (2⅓ ounces/66 grams), light brown sugar; 1/3 cup (1⅔ ounces, 47 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, ground cinnamon; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces and chilled; 1/2 cup, pecans; 2 , large eggs; 1 cup, sour cream; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 3/4 cups (8¾ ounces/248 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup (3½ ounces/99 grams), granulated sugar; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into chunks and softened

Desserts or Baked Goods
Breakfast & Brunch
Quick Breads

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2007

Compacting all the goodness of coffeecake into muffin form seems like a great idea, but most coffeecake muffins resemble dry, cottony yellow cupcakes with little or no cinnamon filling. We use the same base mixture for both the rich cinnamon filling and nutty streusel topping.

SERVES Makes 12 muffins

TIME 1 hour, plus 30 minutes cooling

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