itaintprettybutittastesgood

Summary

Nathan,

These muffins aren’t the most fun to make but they really make a splash at any breakfast or tea party. I love you dearly.

Mom

Ingredients (topping)

• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter (softened)
• 3 tablespoons chopped walnuts or pecans

Ingredients (muffin * dry ingredients, ** wed ingredients)

• * 1 ½ cups flour
• * ½ cup sugar
• * 1 ¼ teaspoon baking powder
• * ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• * ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• * ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• * ¼ teaspoon salt
• * ¼ cup softened butter
• ** 1 egg
• ** ½ cup buttermilk or sour milk

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees and put 12 muffin cups into muffin tins
• Mix all topping ingredients in a small bowl and set aside
• Mix dry ingredients in medium bowl cut in the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
• Mix egg and buttermilk and add all at once to the dry mixture.
• Stir until moistened (should be lumpy)
• Spoon ½ of the batter into the muffin cups filling each one ⅓ full
• Put ½ of the topping mixture in the muffin cups on the 1st half of the batter
• Spoon the remaining batter into the muffin cups
• Finish with the last of the topping mixture making a layered muffin
• Bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 18 min