Coffee Cake Muffins

Title:
Coffee Cake Muffins

Yield:
1 Dozen

Categories:
Muffins,
Fillings,
Toppings,
Quick




Ingredients:




-----------------------------------BATTER-----------------------------------


 1 1/2 c  Flour


     2 ts Baking powder


   1/2 ts Salt


   1/4 c  Butter


   1/2 c  Sugar


     1    Egg


     2 tb Plain yoghurt


   3/4 c  Milk


   1/2 ts Vanilla*





---------------------------------SPICE
MIX---------------------------------


   1/2 c  Packed brown sugar


     2 tb Flour


     1 ts Cinnamon*





 Spice mix: stir together.


 


 Batter: Mix dry ingredients and make well.


 


 Cream butter, sugar and egg. Add yoghurt milk and vanilla. Pour into well


 and stir to moisten.


 


 Fill greased muffin tins 1/3 full. Sprinkle on spice mix. Cover with more


 batter, filling to 2/3 full. Bake 400 20-25 min.


 


 *Variations:


 :       1. Decorate or glaze while hot with simple, thick icing made from


 powdered sugar and a little liquid.


 :       2. Replace some or all of vanilla with another extract such as


 almond.


 :       3.  For a crunchy top, place half of spice mix inside muffins, and


 the rest on top before baking.


 :       4.  Replace some or all of cinnamon with other spice(s) such as


 nutmeg.


 :       5.  Sprinkle a very small amount of finely grated citrus peel over


 first layer of batter before the spice mix.


 :       6.  Use rum or other liquor instead of vanilla.


 


 :adapted from: Muffins & More by J. Pare


 :exported: June 1996


 


 Posted to MealMaster Recipes List, Digest #156


 


 Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 14:22:32 -0700


 


 From: Joyce Verkerk