The last few days I've been tinkering with a recipe for a coffeecake muffin. I had a serious hankering for one of those little cellophane-wrapped coffeecakes, which I know are loaded with preservatives and fat - so I decided to make my own.
The end result was a soft, lemon-specked inside, and a crumbly, cinnamon sugar topping. How perfect is that for a Sunday morning breakfast?
To make:
Preheat oven to 375F.
Grease one 6 cup Texas size muffin tin ( this makes five large muffins)
The Topping:
In mixer bowl, briefly mix:
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 T. softened unsalted butter
1/2 cup King Arthur flour ( or other all purpose)
2 t. cinnamon
Scrape into a bowl and set aside.
In same mixer bowl place:
3/4 cup King Arthur flour
1/4 cup sugar
1. t. baking powder
1/2 t. baking soda
pinch of salt
zest from about half a lemon
Mix briefly, then add:
3/4 cup buttermilk
4 T. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1 large egg
1 t. vanilla
Mix briefly, then, using an ice cream scoop, fill each muffin cup with one scoop of batter. It should fill about half each muffin cup in the Texas size tin.
Sprinkle two heaping tablespoons of topping on top of each muffin and place in hot oven.
Bake for 20 minutes, until center of muffin is fairly firm to touch.
Remove, cool, and carefully remove muffins with a dull knife to another cooling rack.
Enjoy!
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Comments: 51
to stay a size 10ish ( leaning toward 12)! Thanks for taking a look!
However, I saw my doctor yesterday and she gave me a gentle reminder that inspite of all the physical work I have been doing in the garden already, it seems my weight has remained constant so... she she was wondering what I was eating lately?
HAH.
She forgets all that activity makes one hungrier so one eats more, yes? ACK! She should be happy I'm not gaining poundage and I am moving more, doing more things!
There's nothing like a good muffin or coffeecake to get folks to fill up the kitchen. I'm certainly adding this one to my collection, Katrina. I can almost smell them already.
So glad you liked this recipe, Mme D! And I should add, they're almost impossible to stay away from, once you've made them. Thanks so much!
Dear lord that looks like heaven all rolled up in one little ball.
I think you're right, Robiyah! Enjoy!
Makes me hungry!
sounds good....am always looking for new recipes
Thank you, Joyce! This is a good recipe - as long as you aren't on a diet! I did cut the fat and sugar, but it's still carbs.
Looks yummy - wondering how I can cook this over a camp fire...Can you imagine driving other campers crazy when they smell cinnamon and br. sugar baking...
I'm printing this off. I can line my dutch oven with foil over a trivit to keep it off the bottom and use the dutch oven as an oven - coffee cake instead of muffins.
Sounds great to me, DD - do you live in a camp ? Challenging cooking over a fire, or always on a grill ( I have friends who have no oven in the summer because of the vacation house kitchen situation), but I think this would work out very well - thanks!
No, Live in a house but for a few weeks each summer I sleep in a tent and cook over a fire. I just love doing it.
I bet it makes you appreciate a house all the more:)