Butterscotch Muffins w/ Brown Sugar Topping

Musical Joy's Note:

The pudding mixes make these muffins so moist and yummy! Plus, the recipe makes a lot; great for a special breakfast or treat. Very distinctive flavor. I'd never made muffins from scratch before I tried this recipe - it's how I'll do it from now on!

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 18 muffins

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant butterscotch pudding mix
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

TOPPING

• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions:

1. In a bowl.
2. ,combine the flour, sugar, pudding mixes, baking powder and salt.
3. In another bowl, combine the water, eggs, oil and vanilla; stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened.
4. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups 2/3 full.
5. Combine the topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter.
6. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
7. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

Reviews

[MizzNezz]

A very good "from scratch" recipe for muffins! They baked up moist and delicious. I cut the cinnamon in the topping to 1 teaspoon. That worked out good. These are sweet, but not overly so, and the pudding mixes gave them much more substance than the ones I usually make.

[dragonbaby]

They were very good, and I kept going back for seconds. I did find that they tended to just sit in my stomach for a while after eating.