Morning Maple Muffins

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Maple combines with a subtle touch of cinnamon and nuts to give these muffins the flavor of a hearty pancake breakfast. But you don't have to sit down to enjoy them. Our 2-year-old comes back for seconds, and even my husband, who's not a muffin eater, likes these. —Elizabeth Talbot, Lexington, Kentucky (Taste of Home)

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Ingredients

  • MUFFINS:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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  • TOPPING:
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons chopped nuts
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons cold butter

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine the milk, butter, syrup, sour cream, egg and vanilla. Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened.

Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. For topping, combine the flour, sugar, nuts and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter.

Bake at 400° for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Serve warm. Yield: 16 muffins.
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REVIEWS:

This recipe is my daughters' favorite muffins, I have used this recipe for years and its always a request when my daughters are home from college.

This recipe is Awesome, I didn't have cupcake liners so put it in 8x8-inch pan and baked 375 degrees until it was done. It really does taste like pancakes. I will definitely make this again. Don't be afraid to try this recipe. The ingredients are basically staples in most kitchens.

Have made this many times. It is tacked on the side of my fridge for easy access. I add it to baskets we take to visitors at our church.

I loved these and so did my coffee girls. I used yogurt instead of sour cream to save a few calories. I will make these many times.

I made these for coffee yesterday, and we all loved them. I did not add the cinnamon and used some streusel I had mixed up all ready for the topping. it had some oatmeal in the topping. i will be making these for years. a great way to eat a pancake on the go.

These muffins are a favorite in my family! My 9-year-old requests them for Saturday morning breakfast!

Very moist. Tasted more like brown sugar rather than maple syrup. No one knew they were maple until I told them. They are very good though! I love the idea of serving them with maple syrup.

These were fabulous! Oh my goodness they tasted just like a pancake! I couldn't get my topping to form crumbs so I added a little maple syrup to them and that did the trick!

What a delicious muffin!! These were fast and easy to make and my whole family loved them (that doesn't happen very often). This will definitely become a regular at our Sunday morning breakfast table!

A couple years ago, I was on a quest to find the perfect muffin recipe, and Morning Maples made my top ten most delicious, most requested list. Even better the day after they're baked.

My family and I thought these were so good! I like the golden color, and the maple flavor was just right. I didn't have quite enough pure maple syrup, so I used a small amount of pancake syrup and maple extract to make up the difference. I had made this recipe several years ago, when it first appeared in TOH; as happens too often, the recipe was lost among my stack of magazines. I'm sorry I didn't make them again sooner! I like the fact that this makes 16 muffins---some for home, and some to take to work. Thanks!

good, not great. These muffins are the classic brown sugar tasting muffins. They are not nearly as good as the graham streusel coffee cake.

These were very good, the next time I make them however I may try to lighten them up some, or at least make healthier by using whole wheat flour and maybe egg whites or egg beaters in place of the egg. 212 calories per muffin isn't a lot, but just want to boost the health benefits!

Scrumptious!! These muffins just keep you coming back for more and more! Definitely one of our favorites.

I have made these several times and they really do taste like a pancake breakfast. Perfect for traveling or at the beach when sitting down to a stack of pancakes is not possible.

Made these this morning and brought them to work. The responses were "excellent" "wonderful" and "more - more - more". Thanks for the recipe. It made me look good. I would recommend this recipe to anyone.

Thank you - this sounds good. I have maple syrup from a neighbor who taps his own trees, and am always looking for something I can take to my shop. The guys love this kind of stuff, again thank you.


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