Coffee Cake Muffins

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!

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. 

• 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

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:

3. In a bowl add cold butter.
4. Add in dry ingredients and mix well.
5. Using two forks or a pastry cutter, cut in the butter so you have a crumbly mixture.
6. Set aside.

Making The Batter

7. In a large mixing bowl add Bisquick and sugar. Stir to combine.
8. Add in egg and milk to dry ingredients.
9. 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

10. Spoon 1.5 TBS of coffee cake batter into each prepared muffin cup.

11. 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).
12. Top with batter and fill to the top.
13. Add crumb topping to the top.
14. 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.

FAQ's for Coffee Cake Muffins 

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.

More Baking Recipes

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

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