cinnamon streusel muffins

Bake up this cinnamon muffins recipe to impress everyone: they're light and moist, with a crumbly streusel topping!

Cinnamon Muffins

all-purpose flour

sugar

cinnamon

baking powder

salt

neutral oil

cottage cheese (small curd if possible)

milk

flour

salted butter, melted

Preheat

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a standard 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray or add muffin cup papers.

Make the batter

In a large bowl, whisk the all-purpose flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. In a separate medium bowl, whisk the egg, then whisk in the vegetable oil, cottage cheese and milk. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until a thick dough forms. Scoop the batter evenly into the muffin cups (the cups will be nearly full).

Make the streusel topping

Melt the salted butter. Stir in the sugar, flour and cinnamon for the topping until it is well mixed and forms a crumbly sugar mixture. Sprinkle it evenly between the muffins.

Bake

Bake the muffins for 20 minutes, until puffed and golden and a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a rack to cool fully, about 20 minutes. You can also make into Cinnamon Roll Muffins by drizzling with powdered sugar icing. Leftovers do become soggy so only add icing to the muffins you plan to serve.

Storage info

Store at room temperature up to 2 days loosely covered in foil, or refrigerated in a sealed container lined with paper towel for 5 days (let stand on the counter to come to room temperature before eating).

Cinnamon streusel muffins are the perfect combination of a soft and fluffy muffin base with a layer of cinnamon sugar goodness in the center of the muffin and a crunchy, sweet streusel topping. Makes 6 jumbo muffins.

Moist Homemade Cinnamon Streusel Muffins

butter (melted)

brown sugar (packed)

oats (old-fashioned)

unsalted butter (room temperature)

vegetable oil

eggs

vanilla extract

sour cream

confectioners' sugar

milk (or enough to make a pourable glaze)

In a small bowl, mix together filling ingredients and set aside.

In a separate bowl, add the streusel ingredients. With clean hands, mix together, squeezing to form clumps until all ingredients are incorporated in clumps. Set aside until ready to top the muffins

Preheat the oven to 425ºF. Line a 6-cup jumbo muffin pan with liners or spray with nonstick spray and set aside. If making standard sized muffins, line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper cupcake liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.

In a separate large bowl, mix together with a wooden spoon the vegetable oil, brown sugar, eggs, milk and sour cream until well incorporated.

Gently fold in the dry ingredient mixture until no dry spots of flour are left.

If using a jumbo muffin tin, add ¼ cup muffin batter to the bottom of each muffin cup. If using a standard muffin tin, add 2 tablespoons of muffin batter. Add 2 teaspoons of the filling for jumbo, 1 teaspoon for standard, then top with ¼ cup more muffin batter (2 tablespoons for standard)

Sprinkle muffin batter generously with streusel topping, dividing it evenly among the muffins

Bake for 5 minutes at 425ºF, then lower the oven temperature down to 350ºF for another 15 minutes for standard muffins and 18-20 minutes for jumbo, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the center muffin comes out clean.

Allow to cool in muffin tins for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

In a small bowl, mix glaze ingredients together and drizzle on top prior to serving

This recipe looks delicious. Can I substitute gluten free flour for regular flour?

Wow and Wow !
Outstanding recipe, made them as gifts for friends. 
All are now huge fans!
Amazing taste of cinnamon.

The batter was kind of thick for me. Is that normal?

I made these this morning for my physical therapy staff. I accidentally forgot the vanilla in the batter. But with all the flavor in the filling and the streusel topping it wasn’t even missed. I was actually told that it was the best muffin they ever had. I will definitely make these again! …….AND….hopefully remember the vanilla next time! Lol!

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