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Well, it's raining again & I actually have a day off from work.

So I told my husband I would make him some yummy warm muffins.

I found a recipe for Coffee Cake muffins & thought they 

looked pretty good and sugary.

Great way to start the day.

Ingredients:

PART 1:

CRUMBLE TOPPING

1/3 cup of sugar

1/3 cup of brown sugar

3/4 teaspoon of cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon of salt

1 stick of unsalted butter, melted

1 3/4 cups of cake flour

PART 2:

MUFFIN MIX

1 3/4 cup of cake flour

1/2 cup of sugar

1/4 cup of baking soda

1/4 teaspoon of salt

6 tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened

1 egg

1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1/3 cup of buttermilk

1 teaspoon of cinnamon (this was not in the original recipe)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Line the muffin pan with baking cups.

Time to make the crumbly topping.

In a medium bowl, mix together both sugars, cinnamon & salt.

Pour the melted butter in with the sugary mixture and mix well.

Then add the cake flour and mix until it resembles a thick dough, slightly crumbly.

Set this aside for later.

Now its time to make the batter.

In another bowl mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon & salt.

Using a mixer, mix in the butter until it resembles parmesan cheese.

 (the kind in the plastic bottle)

Add the egg, egg yolk, vanilla extract & buttermilk.

Now spoon in the batter into the paper cups, the cake batter rises a bit so don't

 put too much in .

Then add the crumbly mixture on the top. No need to pat the mixture down. 

Keep it loose and crumbly.

Also add a decent amount, its really good.

Pop them in the oven for about 20 minutes.

Take them out and let them cool on a wire rack.

Pour yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy.

4 out of 5 stars

✭✭✭✭☆

TASTE TESTERS:

LAUREN: These were pretty good. I wish the crumbles were more prominent on the top of the muffins. I also wish that the original recipe told me to add cinnamon in the cake mixture. 

CJ:I'm a big fan of coffee cake and these were delicious.  The crumbles were perfect but the cake could have used more cinnamon.  Great with the morning coffee.