Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Muffins

This is a smaller version of my cream cheese coffee cake, but the ingredients are a little different too! These are very impressive little muffins, packed full of flavor.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 12-14
• Yields: 14 muffins

Ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 cup sour cream
• 1  egg
• 1  egg
• 1  teaspoon  almond extract
• 8  ounces cream cheese (room temperature)

Directions

1. Preheat oven 375°F.
2. Grease and flour (or use cooking spray) bottom and sides of 12 muffin tins.
3. Combine flour and 3/4 cup sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs; reserve 1 cup of mixture setting aside.
4. To crumb mixture in bowl add baking powder, soda, salt, sour cream, 1 egg and almond extract blending well.
5. Divide among 12 to 14 muffin cups.
6. Combine cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 egg and pour over batter in pan. Sprinkle reserved 1 cup of crumb mixture over all.
7. Bake 20 to 25 minutes.