Coffee Cake Muffins

Submitted by shortstuff

"My mom used to make these yummy muffins when I was young! They bring back so many good memories!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 cup shortening
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1⁄2 cup milk

• Filling

• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

directions

1. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder,& salt; cut in shortening.
2. Combine egg and milk; add to flour.
3. Stir until moist.
4. Combine filling ingredients together.
5. fill greased muffin tins with 3/4 of dough; sprinkle with filling and top with remaining dough.
6. Bake@ 350 for 20 minutes.

Reviews

[Joy1996]

These muffins were excellent! They really did taste like little coffeecakes. I was too lazy to measure the batter and put the filling in between, so I sprinkled it over the top before I baked it. It tasted great, but it was messy getting them out of the pan! Next time I'll take the time to put it in the middle where it belongs!

 

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

These muffins are really nice! I baked them this evening specially for my cousin bro. who has come down from Doha, Qatar two days back(he's on holiday and loves to eat cakes, cookies, sweets, etc)! I used almonds as a substitute instead of walnuts and margarine instead of shortening and butter. To make these slightly guilt-free, I used low-fat milk;) The most important thing - I combined the mixture of the filling and the dough in one large bowl(I'd made them separate first but the dough batter seemed really tight and once I added in the filling batter, I was able to mix better and felt confident that the end product would be good). I'm so glad I took this step because I wouldn't want to look like a dummy, lol:) I baked these at 180C for 20 minutes - came out as though I'd just picked them up from the bakery! Thanks for a great recipe!

 

[rtropin]

Simply amazing. I made a batch for DW to take to a baby shower. As other reviewers suggested, I added 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp cinnamon, and 1 tbsp milk to the batter. I was able to get 14 regular sized muffins (I actually doubled the batter and added ingredients). I could have made more, but because of a slight mistake, which worked out quite well, I chose not to. I layered the batter and filling as directed, but I also put filling across the tops of the muffins. The filling on top turned into a glaze that added a nice layer of flavor. My kids are bugging me to make more. I have to say I'm spoiled now. Every coffee cake muffin I eat from now on I will compare to these! Thanks Shortstuff for this outstanding recipe.

 

[amanda_c]

These were just ok to me. I was looking for something more light and fluffy and these were pretty dense. I added cinnamon to the batter at the suggestion of others but I would also recommend adding some vanilla as these were pretty bland. DO NOT overfill your muffin tins as they will make a huge mess of your oven. The batter is very thick and a little difficult to work with. These may be better in actual coffee cake form instead of muffins. The filling was excellent but I probably won't be making these again.

 

[Epi Curious]

My kids really enjoyed these. I will double the batter next time as I ended up with only 7 muffins and a lot of leftover filling. Would have loved to have gotten a full pan of these because they baked up so pretty and it's always a bonus to bake something my kids will both eat (very picky palates). These are a keeper. Thanks for posting. P.S. I added a teaspoon of cinnamon to the batter and would definitely do that again.