Coffee Cake Muffins From Baking Illustrated

By Foodiewife

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2" pieces and at room temperature
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup sour cream (or plain yogurt would work too)
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 12-cup normal-sized muffin tin with cooking spray or grease with butter. Set aside.

In small food processor, add pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon, and pulse until nuts are coarsley ground, about 10 1-second pulses. Transfer to small bowl and set aside.

In bowl with electric mixer, add flour, sugar, and salt and whisk until well combined. Then add the slices of butter and beat until combined. Remove 1/2 cup of the flour-butter mixture and add it into the bowl with the pecan-brown sugar mixture, and stir it with a fork until combined to make the streusel. Set aside 3/4 cup of the streusel for the muffin batter and the remaining portion for topping the muffins.

Now, back to the bowl with the electric mixer. Add the baking powder and baking soda and beat until combined. Next, combine sour cream, egg, and vanilla, in a 1-cup glass measuring cup and whisk together, then add to mixer bowl and and beat until just combined. Finally, add the 3/4 cup of streusel you set aside to the flour mixture and fold in with wooden spoon until evenly distributed.

Divide batter among the 12 muffin cups, then sprinkle with remaining streusel, pressing lightly into the batter. Bake in preheated oven for 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with a few crumbs clinging to it. Allow muffins to cool in the tin for a couple of minutes, then loosen the muffins with a knife and remove them from the tin, placing them on a cooling rack for 5 minutes.

To make the glaze, whisk together the confectioners' sugar and milk in a small bowl until smooth and spoon over the warm muffins. Eat the muffins as soon as you can and enjoy!!