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    Home » Bread

    Published: Jun 7, 2023 · Modified: Apr 25, 2025 by Desarae

    Coffee Cake Muffins

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    Classic coffee cake transformed into easy moist coffee cake muffins. Our recipe features moist and fluffy muffins topped with a generous layer of buttery cinnamon streusel. These mouthwatering treats are the perfect balance of tender cake and crispy crumble. Enjoy them for breakfast, brunch, or anytime you get a craving for one!

    One muffin on a stack of plates and glaze dripping down.
    Jump to:
    • Why You Will Love This Recipe
    • Ingredients For Easy Coffee Cake Muffins
    • HOW TO MAKE COFFEE CAKE BATTER
    • Variations
    • FAQ's for Coffee Cake Muffins 
    • Tips For Bakery Style Muffins
    • More Baking Recipes
    • Have Questions?
    • Coffee Cake Muffins

    Why You Will Love This Recipe

    This coffee cake muffin recipe is one of my all time favorite muffins. It has a delicious sugar buttery topping but paired with a delicious, not overly sweet cake bottom. The combination is addicting! This recipe is also

    • Short Baking time. Muffins cook so much faster than an entire coffee cake.
    • Few ingredients. I have a quick hack to make these coffee cake muffins so that you are turning to them over and over again whether for a fancy brunch or a quick and easy breakfast.
    • Streusel to cake ratio on coffee cake muffins is ultimately my favorite part.
    • Add-ins. We love to toss in fresh berries and make a cinnamon swirl. This allows you to tailor to your mood or guests.

    Serve these alongside a coconut hot cocoa or warm milk and cinnamon.

    Ingredients For Easy Coffee Cake Muffins

    These are the same ingredients I use for a traditional coffee cake recipe, but scaled down for muffins. You will be shocked at how many ingredients there AREN'T, ha ha! We love an easy breakfast recipe. 

    Dry ingredients measured and separated on a baking sheet.
    • bisquick- this is a pancake mix found in the breakfast isle of your grocery store. (We are using this instead of all purpose flour and levelers - like baking powder). *Can use gluten free bisquick for a gluten-free coffee cake, see alterations below.
    • Dairy Items: you will need a few eggs, milk and cold butter.
    • Pantry Items: you'll need a few things like cinnamon, granulated sugar, light brown sugar for the topping.
    • optional add ins: blueberries, fruit, jam, cinnamon swirl inside.

    For a complete list of ingredients and amounts, see the recipe card below.

    HOW TO MAKE COFFEE CAKE BATTER

    The batter is literally 4 ingredients and stir. You can use a mixer, but this batter is simple enough to just use a whisk. 

    Cinnamon Swirl

    How to make cinnamon swirl for muffins.

    Prep: Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Line muffin tin with liners, or spray with non-stick spray. Prepare your mixins.

    1. For cinnamon swirl, combine brown sugar, salt, and cinnamon in a medium mixing bowl.
    2. Whisk until well combined. Set aside.

    Kitchen Tip: You are welcome to use a non-stick spray or silicone cupcake molds. I'm also a big fan of parchment paper cups. 

    What Is Streusel?

    Streusel, or crumb topping, is a crunchy sugary topping used for numerous baked goods like muffins, coffee cake, cobblers and pies. You make it by cutting in cold butter into a mixture of flour, sugars and spices using a fork or pasty cutter. Here's how to make it:

    How to make a streusel topping.
    1. In a bowl add cold butter.
    2. Add in dry ingredients and mix well.
    3. Using two forks or a pastry cutter, cut in the butter so you have a crumbly mixture.
    4. Set aside.

    Making The Batter

    Batter for coffee cake muffins being made.
    1. In a large mixing bowl add Bisquick and sugar. Stir to combine.
    2. Add in egg and milk to dry ingredients.
    3. Stir together until completely mixed.

    Pro Tip: Let your batter rest. Allowing your batter to rest and come to room temperature allows the gluten do its magic!

    Filling The Muffin Cups

    1. Spoon 1.5 TBS of coffee cake batter into each prepared muffin cup.
    How to make coffee cake muffins.
    1. Layer in your mix-ins. (if you want to add in your berries directly to the batter you are welcome to do that too, but I will add them separately when making several varieties muffins).
    2. Top with batter and fill to the top.
    3. Add crumb topping to the top.
    4. Reduce oven heat to 350 and bake for 15-20 minutes.

    Pro Tip: Fill your muffin cups to the brim. This will allow them to get big and beautiful.

    Variations

    There are a few really delicious, easy ideas to make your muffins especially delicious and juicy.

    • Chocolate Chip Muffins - sub an equal amount of chocolate chips for the blueberries. You'll die over how good these turn out!
    • Blueberries - this is a favorite of mine, they make the most delicious coffee cake muffins.
    • Raspberries - I love the tart flavor that adding raspberries gives this recipe!
    • Cinnamon sugar swirl - this is a classic! A simple mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon for that warm fragrant cinnamon sugar flavor.
    Birds eye view of muffin on plate with glaze drizzled over it.

    FAQ's for Coffee Cake Muffins 

    Why Does The Butter Need to be cold?

    Using cold butter allows the topping to melt/bake slower than the muffins. When the butter is already room temp it will cause the streusel topping to melt and spread all over the pan. By using cold butter the streusel stays on the muffin tops and creates a delicious crumbly crunchy sugary topping. It's seriously the best!

    Can I use Gluten-Free Bisquick Mix?

    I have tested out the bisquick gluten free mix and it does work with this recipe with one slight alteration- I needed to add ⅓ cup more of milk to make it the right consistency.

    Fluffy coffee cake muffin with cinnamon sugar swirl in the middle.

    Tips For Bakery Style Muffins

    If you would love a big fluffy muffin with an over sized muffin top here are a few tips

    1. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Make sure you give it plenty of time to be evenly heated. 
    2. Let your batter rest. Allowing your batter to rest and come to room temperature allows the gluten do its magic!
    3. Fill your muffin tin with muffin batter to the brim!
    4. Bake your muffins at 425 for 6 minutes and then lower to 350 for the remaining time.
    Coffee Cake muffin on three plates with crumb topping.

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    If you love our muffins, you'll also love our browned butter chocolate chip cookies!

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    A coffee cake muffin on a white plate, drizzled with glaze. There is a bottle of milk in the background.

    Coffee Cake Muffins

    These are seriously the ultimate breakfast (or brunch! muffin) I die over coffee cake and making them in to muffins seriously makes it all even better. Same delicious flavor packed with streusel and baked in one third of the time. 
    5 from 3 votes
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    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12 muffins
    Calories: 173kcal
    Author: Kadee & Desarae

    Equipment

    • Mixing Bowl
    • muffin tin

    Ingredients

    • 2 cups bisquick *FOR GLUTEN FREE BISQUICK SEE NOTES
    • ⅔ cup milk
    • 1 egg
    • 2 TBS sugar
    • ½ cup fresh blueberries optional

    Crumb Topping

    • ¼ cup bisquick
    • ⅓ cup brown sugar
    • 1 TBS sugar
    • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
    • 3 TBS cold butter

    Cinnamon Swirl (if Desired)

    • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
    • ½ cup brown sugar
    • 2 teaspoon cinnamon

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 425°F
    • Mix bisquick, milk, egg and sugar until well combined. Stir in blueberries.
    • Fill cupcakes half full with batter. they will rise quite a bit!
    • In a separate bowl combine topping ingredients. Cut with pastry cutter or two knives until crumbly.
    • Sprinkle on top of batter.
    • Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes.
    • Makes 12 standard muffins

    Video

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    Notes

    If using gluten-free bisquick mix for these coffee cake muffins add an additional ⅓ cup of milk to the batter. 
     
    If you desire glaze here is a simple recipe
    • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 3 Tablespoons milk
    • pinch of salt
    Whisk together and drizzle over muffins

    Nutrition

    Serving: 2muffins | Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 325mg | Potassium: 72mg | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 130IU | Vitamin C: 0.6mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 0.8mg
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    Comments

    1. Deborah says

      April 05, 2020 at 10:20 am

      Please send me your recipes i need quick not so many ingredients like your muffins but for all food please

      Reply
    2. Ehryianah Heslep says

      December 24, 2019 at 12:57 pm

      5 stars
      I made this today on Christmas Eve for christmas morning breakfast. I tripled the recipe and added 2 ....8 oz packages of cream cheese and left Crumb topping off . I also use fresh blueberries. I made the 1st batch to see how they would turn out they turn at great.... Not a lot of sugar which I am trying to watch and it's great for someone who is diabetic the 2nd batch I Increased to 1 1/2 cups of sugar and they turned out great juicy Berries, creamy, And light and Fluffy. In addition I made the same recipe but substituted chocolate chips and stead of blueberries As well As another batch that is cinnamon nut coffee cake muffin. I totally recommend these and I will continue to make these.

      Reply
    3. Renee says

      December 16, 2018 at 6:44 am

      I love these muffins. I used dark brown sugar, added 1 tsp. Pure Vanilla extract, 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. Nutmeg to the mix. They were perfect!

      Reply
    4. olivia says

      June 09, 2018 at 7:06 am

      5 stars
      These are a regular at our house now. So easy, so very delicious.

      Reply
    5. Sandra J. says

      May 13, 2018 at 6:15 am

      5 stars
      Thanks! FollOwed the recipe and these were easy and My family loves them :)

      Reply
    6. Alexandra Robertson says

      October 04, 2016 at 10:34 am

      These look delicious. I love a good muffin because it is like cake for breakfast!

      Reply
    5 from 3 votes

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