Description
Delicious Sourdough Coffee Cake Muffins featuring a cinnamon sugar filling, perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack. These muffins are easy to make, offer a bakery-style appearance, and utilize sourdough discard.
Ingredients
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- For the Muffins:
- 1/2 cup Butter, softened
- 1 cup White Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (preferably pure)
- 2 large Eggs
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1 cup Sourdough Discard/Active Starter
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- For the Cinnamon Sugar Filling:
- 1/4 cup Flour
- 1 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 cup Melted Butter (for filling)
- For the Glaze:
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (for glaze)
- 2 tablespoons Milk (for glaze)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350℉ (175℃) and prepare a muffin tin with large bakery-style liners.
- Combine brown sugar, flour, and ground cinnamon in a mixing bowl. Add melted butter and mix until crumbly. Set aside.
- Cream softened butter and white sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla, eggs, milk, and sourdough until well combined.
- Incorporate baking powder and all-purpose flour into the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined.
- Fill the muffin liners halfway with batter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar filling.
- Top with remaining batter, filling to three-quarters full, then sprinkle with leftover cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
- Whisk powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk to create glaze.
- Drizzle over cooled muffins. Allow glazing to set before serving.
Notes
- Use large bakery-style liners for best results.
- Avoid overmixing for fluffy muffins.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days at room temperature.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 200 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg