Maple Crumb Muffins
Ingredients
Muffins
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ cup 1 stick butter, melted
- ½ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp. vanilla
Crumb Topping
- 3 T. all-purpose flour
- 3 T. sugar
- 2 T. finely chopped walnuts or pecans
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- 2 T. ¼ stick very cold butter, cubed
Instructions
For muffins:
- Preheat the oven to 400°.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In another bowl, combine the milk, melted butter, maple syrup, sour cream, egg, and vanilla.
- Stir into the flour mixture just until moistened.
- Don’t overmix.
For crumb topping:
- Mix together the flour, sugar, nuts, and cinnamon; cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbles.
- Getting ready to bake: Fill greased muffin cups about ⅔ full with batter.
- Sprinkle the crumb topping over the tops of the muffins.
- Bake for 16 to 20 minutes until done.
- Cool for 5 minutes before removing muffins from the pan to a wire rack to cool.