Coffee Cake Muffins

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature plus more for pans
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans (spooned and leveled)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting (optional)

Recipe

• 1 prepare streusel topping:
• 2 in a medium bowl, stir together brown sugar, flour, and salt.
• 3 with a pastry blender or two knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles large coarse crumbs; refrigerate until ready to use.
• 4 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 5 prepare muffins:
• 6 butter and flour a jumbo 12-cup muffin tin (or two 6-cup muffin tins).
• 7 in a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
• 8 using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat together butter, sour cream, granulated sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• 9 beat in eggs, one at a time, until well combined.
• 10 with mixer on low, beat flour mixture into butter mixture.
• 11 divide half the batter among prepared muffin cups.
• 12 top with half the streusel mixture, then remaining batter, and top with streusel.
• 13 bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of a muffin comes out clean.
• 14 cool in pan 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 15 dust with confectioners' sugar, if desired.