Cinnamon-Sugar Crusted Coffee Cake Muffins
August 2nd, 2010 § 90 Comments
Here’s how I write a post:
Eat. Consider the food. Why did I make it? How does it taste? Andrea, ‘mmm’ isn’t descriptive. Neither is ‘nummy.’ What memories does the food remind me of?
Pen to paper…err..fingers to keys, I start by eliminating all of the stories I shouldn’t share publicly. Don’t write about….that time I went to run some errands and brought home a pug. Then asked Daniel to borrow $800…The time I stole cherry Chapstick at CVS. (Though, in my defense, mom said to grab whatever I wanted. And they were out of bubble gum Lip Smackers)… The time I shaved my arms… Certainly don’t post about having a party at my house when my parents went away. Actually, I already told them about that one- I just didn’t tell them about the five person band that played on the back deck. Or the quartet in the living room… I also shouldn’t write about that time I baked a cake for my cake decorating class using Betty Crocker Yellow Cake Mix. I cried. Because it generally feels sacrilegious to live and breathe as a baker and then use the boxed stuff. Maybe the only time cake didn’t make me feel happy… And don’t mention the time I told Nana that her laugh “bothered my ears.”
Once that list of exclusions has been completed…I’m left with nothing.
I grab another cinnamon sugar crusted muffin (which is a dead ringer for an old fashioned cake donut) to jog my memory. I instantly remember that time I ate donuts off a string at Halloween. Then I remember that the story ends with me accidentally dialing my Nana from a frat house. You try telling Nana the next day that the screams in the background were “Friday the 13th.” Again, not a story to share publicly.
Aaaand we’re back to the blank page. Maybe just oooonnnnee more muffin will do the triii…Stop it. Just write about how scrumptious these sweet lil’ poppers are. The fact that they’re so decadent that you can’t even think past the present moment. That biting into the moist cake inhibits memory and good judgment. A crackly crunch from the crystalline cinnamon sugar coating, the most tender of spiced custard cake inside. If satisfaction were an equation, it would begin with Mouth + Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffin. And the solution would involve chewing. Just write that down.
Okay I will. Just as soon as I finish this last donut. I mean muffin.
Coffee Cake Muffins Crusted with Cinnamon and Sugar (recipe from Tasty Kitchen)
*WARNING: They taste like a donut. Be prepared for euphoria.
(makes 12)
- 1-¾ cup flour
- 1-½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅓ cup oil
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup milk
For the Cinnamon Sugar Topping:
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350º. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
In a separate, large bowl, combine oil, sugar, egg and milk.
Add dry ingredients and stir only to combine.
Coat your muffin pan well with nonstick cooking spray and divide the batter evenly among the cups.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
Run a knife around the sides of the muffin and shake them out of the pan while still hot.
Melt the butter in a bowl.
Combine the white sugar with the cinnamon in another bowl.
Dip muffins in butter, then into the sugar/cinnamon mix. Let cool.
So I suppose I shouldn’t have said to my own “Nana”, “Grandma, you’re not fat, you’re just fluffy!” Err, yeah
I love a good ol’ fashion donut — this reminds me of going to the fair. I think if I scratch my computer screen, I might be able to smell them!
Haha, thank God our grandmothers didn’t disown us on the spot! And you’re right- they’re a lot like the kind of old-fashioned donuts you find at a country fair!
Yum! Too bad I’m trying to cut back on sugar. And butter. LOL
Those look soooo good! Reminds me of when I was little- when we had days off of school in the winter for bad weather, it was a baking day and we’d make donuts that looked eerily similar… yet these are probably a bit healthier for you (being as how they’re not fried…)
WOW! Those look outrageous. You should open a restaurant and serve those in the bread baskets
Your posts always make me laugh
Those doughnuts-no, wait, I mean muffins-look delicious!!
Thanks, Liz!
I really appreciate the quality of your pictures! They are great to look at!
Thanks so much, Amanda! It’s just a point and shoot Canon
How do you get such a nice shape to your muffins….mine always are flat on the top….yours are ….almost….almost…too pretty to eat!
I wondered this, too!
Doughnuts, muffins, whatever. I don’t care what you call them–they look great. I love how they pop up at the top. But really I love the butter-cinnamon-sugar topping.
Those look amazing…like I need one in my tummy right now too!
I either love you or hate you for posting those because I have a serious donut hankering right now. LOL
I can never get over how great a writer you are. I know I say it every time but your words just leap off the page.
Hi Tina, Thank you so much for your constant encouragement. To be honest, this morning when I hit publish I thought about deleting it all and starting over. I really appreciate your kindness. Always!
Those look soo good! You make everything and anything look so darn good. I tried your sugar cookie recipe last weekend but my cookies certainly did not come close to the batch you made. Yours were perfect mine were not, haha. Baking is definitely an art that you have mastered!
Um, wow. Amazing.
Thanks, Courtney!!
Cake donut muffins!!!!! These look so “nummy.” Andrew has a few things he is willing to “cheat on” that aren’t gluten free and cake donuts are one of them. I better not make these or else both of us will be sorry!!
Em- totally agree with Andrew- cake donuts would be my weakness too!
Those muffins look so yummy. I haven’t had a donut in ages. They remind me of being at the beach. When I used to nanny, donut Saturday was one day of the week I really relished.
Oh my God, I’m starting my own “Donut Saturday!”
Ohhhhh these look really great!
oh my gosh these look soooo tasty! they kind of look like snickerdoodle muffins!
Good call! Thanks for reminding me of how much I adore snickerdoodles! I’m sensing a new baking project…
These. Are. Too. Cute. Almost too cute — but note that I said almost. I would never say no to anything in muffin shape. I’m not a huge donut person but in muffin form; that’s a whole different ball game. And the cinnamon sugar — I love how inviting it is. It says “look how nice my outside is — but wait! — my insides are nice too.”
I totally think you could have gotten away with a few “noms”, “nummys”, and pictures in this post.
Thanks! And haha, I love this about the cinnamon- sugar coating: ‘It says “look how nice my outside is — but wait! — my insides are nice too.”"
Love reading your memories. And those muffins…..I don’t know what to say. I am writing the recipes down right now.
Thanks, Joan!!
I’m making these tonight!!!
A doughnut you don’t have to fry? Sounds like heaven.
My mouth is watering just looking at them!
I have been dreaming about these since I saw this post. Literally. The only thing holding me back at the moment is that I’m out of eggs. I may have to run across the street for some. In fact, it might be a life or death situation.
I just discovered your blog two days ago, and I’m already completely, totally, and unabashedly in love.
I hope you know that your comment made me smile as big as can be. And that’s pretty big, because I have an enormous mouth. Thank you for your kindness. I hope you do make the muffins. You’ll die and go to heaven.
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How many calories or weight watcher points do u suppose these have, and the pumpkin filled cookies
Hi Lisa!
Here you go! Hope you enjoy them if you decide to bake!
Cinnamon Sugar Crusted Muffins (1/ 12th of the recipe): *Calories* 236.0 *Total Fat* 10.6 g Saturated Fat 3.1 g Polyunsaturated Fat 2.1 g Monounsaturated Fat 4.9 g *Cholesterol* 28.8 mg *Sodium* 12.8 mg * Potassium* 49.0 mg *Total Carbohydrate* 32.7 g Dietary Fiber 0.5 g Sugars 18.8 g *Protein* 3.0 g
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies: For a total of 20 small whoopie pies, 1 whoopie pie equals: *Calories* 417.7 *Total Fat* 20.3 g Saturated Fat 6.4 g Polyunsaturated Fat 3.7 g Monounsaturated Fat 9.1 g *Cholesterol* 46.1 mg *Sodium* 51.7 mg *Potassium* 193.4 mg *Total Carbohydrate* 64.9 g Dietary Fiber 1.6 g Sugars 48.2 g *Protein* 3.9 g
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I saw this recipe and tried it out immediately. I love it when I have every single ingredient needed!
Anyway, the muffins turned out to be pretty good.. my only problem was that i doubled the recipe and it ended up being a little too eggy for my taste.
Besides that, delicious!
Thanks for the feedback Ruta! Glad you tried them!!
wheres the coffee part in the coffee-cinnamon cupcake? Does it taste like coffee on its own?
Hey Nadia! You’re right- there isn’t any coffee in the recipe, but I guess I’m referring simply to the traditional coffeecake flavor that these mock- that slightly nutty, deep and roasted flavor. Many coffeecake recipes I’ve come across don’t even call for coffee. Though, on second thought, adding coffee or espresso powder could be delicious!
I just found your blog yesterday and fell in love with it. I made these muffins today and they are absolutely delicious. Thanks for providing the calories too.
They were amazing! But I made them huge!! So next time I think just a little less batter =P
There’s a bakery in the Kansas City area called The Clock Tower Bakery that sells bakes muffins just like these and they are wonderful. Just made them for my kids for a Sunday morning breakfast and they were great!
So happy to hear this, David! I’d like to get to that Kansas City bakery
I’ve book marked this and will be passing the recipe under hubby’s nose for weekend breakfast!Sounds wonderful!
Made these this morning, they were yummy! Thanks for sharing!
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Love your writing style; makes me feel like I’m sat at your kitchen counter having a chat over coffee and cake!
Just made these and I used whole wheat flour. Yum Yum!
Thank you for your recipe! Sinfully delicious!
Yum! I JUST made these, they are delish! so glad I found your blog, your weight loss story is so inspiring, congratulations!!
I’m making these again for the second time. I add jelly to mine though! Pour half the batter in then scoop a bit of jelly in then cover with more batter… it’s delicious!
and more donut-like
I made one awhile ago, although it didn’t look as good as yours and mine became a bit bigger, my kids still went crazy all over them, thank you for this share.
wheres the coffee in these?
A friend sent me to this link. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your writing and I’m gonna “attempt” the muffins…..Wish me luck
Hello, please consider using smaller images.
Reading a single recipe blows my browser’s memory usage up about one fourth of my system’s total installed memory.
This is because you do not use any thumbnails on the page.
So, the whole 10 megapixel monster is always downloaded for each and every picture.
It completely destroys my girlfriend’s experience with your site. She says she likes it a lot, but just can’t use it due to this.
I mentally bookmarked this recipe awhile back and finally tried it out this morning. These are so fantastic, delicate, rich, “yummy-in-our-tummy” delicious. What I loved even more is how simple they were to make, and a great opportunity to get my daughter in the kitchen to help.
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Stumbled on this recipe at about 8 this morning. By 11 there was a batch of muffins cooling in my kitchen. Well and truly delicious. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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oh my mouth is watering looking at those pics and reading the recipe …. I wish I had a magic wand to have one on a plate beside me now :O) Must add to my “list of things to make very soon” list :O)
OMG! I made these last night for a small get together. (Though, I made them mini-fied so I got 24.)
They
Were
AHHHHH
Mazing!
I’ve renamed, though. Among the people I served them to, they will now be called Buttery Balls of Goodness.
These look so fantastic! I need to make them. I only have whole wheat flour, do you think I could make them with whole wheat flour? Or would that destroy the recipe?
I just maid these and they are amazing thanks for sharing the recipe
Oh my goodness these look fabulous! I really need to stop bookmarking recipes to try…but they look too good not to try!
Oh my goodness! I tried making these and my husband and I fell in love! They were absolutely delicious!
I posted short blog on them here: http://jalafrye.blogspot.com/2011/09/autumn-yummies.html
thanks for the recipe!!
So its the night before thanksgiving and i’m 11 weeks prego so i decide to make these….smh they are amzingly AHHHHMAZINGGGGGG! I will be making these every week for the next 6 months and years after with my child
Thank you soooo much for this sinful recipe!!!
Useful information. Fortunate me I found your web site by accident, and I am shocked why this twist of fate did not came about earlier! I bookmarked it.
do people know that coffee cake is called that because it’s a breakfast cake you drink with your coffee? (like you would a donut) there is no – never has been ‘coffee’ in coffee cake. made me chuckle tho’ – this recipe looks amazing!
I have a coffee cake recipe that has coffee in it. It’s yummy!
I just put all the ingredients for these muffins in my bread machine. Baked it for an hour. When it came out I brushed some melted butter over it and sprinkled it wth cinnamon and sugar. REALLY easy and delicious!
I hope this will work in the mini muffin tins so I can use them for a tea.
Hey Andie! first off… i just found your blog last week and stayed awake to read ALL of it. literally. all. the royal all. haha
secondly, i made these muffins tonight and zomg they’re amazing. i added vanilla extract to the batter for flavor boost and i think I’m gonna add orange zest to the batter and less cinnamon to the sugar mix next time cuz the sweetness… oh the sweetness. it’s TASTY but without milk it kind of punches you in the face… ever so sweetly haha.
thirdly, you are a HUGE inspiration! HUGE. HOOOGE. and i’m giving you a mental hug over wifi right now. *wifi huuug* i’m on my journey to lose 100+ lbs at 25 and i’m scared as hell but knowing that you struggled but GOT there is an amazing inspiration. you’re amazing
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I just found your website from a friend on facebook. The muffin recipe looks good, however where is the calorie count someone said thank you for. I dont see it.
Hi Nicki,
Sorry, I don’t have the nutrition information for all of my recipes.
I appreciate you being here
Andie
Love the muffins! Love the blog! I found you when searching for ‘coffee cake muffins’ and these fit the bill. I modified them to vegan and low-fat and it still brings back memories of cinnamon toast and tea with Mom. Will be back for more and sending my friends!
Found this recipe on pinterest, wanted to come to the source of the recipe..printed it out and will be in the oven for when the grandkids come over in the morning.
I got this recipe from Pinterest… I just made them and all I can say is that they are AMAZING!!!!
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Thank you for posting this!!!! About 10 years ago I belonged to a recipe club that like once a month I would get sent 6 recipe cards and this was one of the cards I had, I made this so much that I could have made it by memory and in fact did start making it from memory and I thought I had put the card away and didn’t think about it again, so came the time that I stopped making it for a while and realized that I had forgot a few things that were in the recipe so I went to find the card to make this one Sunday morning and couldn’t find it. COMPLETELY freaked out and tore my entire kitchen apart and then proceeded to tear the rest of the house apart when I couldn’t find it in the kitchen. Nope….didn’t work. Well crap guess that’s a recipe I will have to cry about not having any more. After a few years I decided to try and find it on the internet. Found ones that were close but were definitely not the right ones. So I decided to forget about it. Then this morning about 7 years(I know it’s been that long because my oldest is 6 and I’ve been missing it since before he was born) after losing the recipe I decided well what the heck I should try and find it. And the first link I click on is yours and………I FOUND IT!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU…..*runs to get pen and paper so I never lose the recipe again.* Making this in T- 3 minutes, as soon as I hit enter on the post comment button and put my laptop down.
Oh my cow! These were sooooo good! I made a double batch for Sunday morning church and they went fast! Thank you!
Hi, I teaching a Foods 1 cooking class and I am so excited to share this recipe with my students. Thanks.
I made thse donughuts and they were awesome! Would not change a thing about this recipe. The kids couldn’t stop eating them!
I’m so excited to make these. They look amazing! I just want to make sure I have the measurements correct. Is it 1 and 3/4 cup flour and 1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder? Or just 3/4 cup flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder? I know it’s a stupid question, but I would love to enjoy these the first time and not have to re-make them.
Thank you!!!
I just made these. They’re delicious!
Wonderful, we just died and went to HEAVEN!!