cinnamon muffins recipe

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).

This muffin puts cinnamon front-and-center! There's cinnamon in the batter, plus a cinnamon brown sugar topping, and even a ribbon of brown sugar cinnamon in the center!

(40 g) packed brown sugar (dark

cinnamon (see note 1)

(248 g) all-purpose flour

nutmeg

(105 g) granulated sugar

(71 g) packed brown sugar (dark

eggs

(158 ml) neutral oil (vegetable, canola, etc.)

(237 ml) milk

vanilla

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C).

Place cupcake liners in the cups of a 12-cup muffin tin, or, spray the muffin tin well with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.

In a small bowl, mix together the 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon to make the cinnamon sugar topping. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and pinch of nutmeg. Set aside.

Place the brown sugar for the batter into a separate large bowl. If there are any hard lumps in the brown sugar, break them apart with your fingers or a fork. Then, add in the granulated sugar, eggs, oil, milk and vanilla. Whisk together until evenly combined.

Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and whisk just until combined (some lumps are ok - do not overmix).

Fill each muffin tin about 1/3 full with the batter. Then, sprinkle about 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over the surface of each layer of batter. Then, top off each muffin with the remaining batter. Sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar mixture evenly on top of each muffin.

Bake in the preheated oven for 22 - 26 minutes, or until the top of the muffin is firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (a couple crumbs are ok, but no wet batter). 

Let the muffins cool in the tin for about 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to continue cooling.

Ok, so how hungry was I if I made these within 15 minutes of receiving the recipe! I had them ready when my kids arrived home from school!  Warm cinnamon muffins and a glass of ice cold milk was the perfect end to their school day.  The muffins were moist and flavorful!  Since we love cinnamon, I did up the cinnamon to 2 teaspoons as you suggested.  Kids and I both give the cinnamon muffins a full five star rating!!  They were so easy to make too!!  Thanks for starting our week off with a delicious treat!!  Happy Valentine's Day!!

Excellent recipe. Rivals Costco's cinnamon butter coffee cake. My husband loves them. I made recipe as written except I added a bit more topping. I used parchment cupcake cups, however when I make them next I will spray the top of the muffin tin as the topping stuck to the tin and I had to work a little to nudge the muffins out. Thanks for sharing.

I was wondering if I could make them with more fall spice flavor by using pumpkin pie spice in them?

I made these today and I think I ate 2 and my husband ate the rest he has fallen in love with them and has asked me to make some so he can take to work

Amazing!! 2nd time makings them this weekend. This time I decided to add some chai to the milk. So yummy! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!

I consider myself a terrible baker, but even I could make these muffins.  They are so easy and delicious. I added cut up apple which really took the recipe to the next level.

So good!! I just made them. So happy I found this recipe. I didn’t have eggs so I used flaxseeds as a substitute and still came out great. Thanks.

They were wonderful and easy. My grandson loved them so much he hid 3. I made large muffins so doubled recipe . Yum thanks
Deb D

These muffins are so good. They are also light and fluffy. I added some apple pie spice to mine. YUM! Thank you for this recipe!!!

SO GOOD!!! My whole family loved it! Is there anyways I can make it less sweet? This recipe is 100% a keeper!

I made a loaf cake out of this recipe and i have to say, out of all the cake recipes I made from scratch this was the best! Even the batter was delicious!

I made these and also made a cinnamon streusel for the top.. they were mind-blowing!

These barely have any sweetness in the muffin itself, next time i will add more than 1/3 cup

If I don’t have milk is there something else I could use?

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This is the best recipe for Cinnamon Muffins, topped with Crumble Topping and Vanilla Glaze! Made with buttermilk, they stay moist and fluffy inside with buttery and crispy streusel on top.

Cinnamon Muffins with Glaze

unsalted butter

baking soda

buttermilk (room temperature)

eggs (room temperature)

vanilla extract

brown sugar

unsalted butter (melted)

In a skillet or a sauce pan, add ½ cup cubed butter. Let it melt over a medium heat and then cook for about 5 minutes until it gets amber in color and produces medium brown bits. Make sure you constantly stir, so it doesn’t burn.

Then transfer the browned butter with the browned bits into a bowl. You can cool it off on the counter for about 30 minutes or in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.

Step1. Brown the butter.

In a mixing bowl, add the dry ingredients (2 ½ cups all-purpose flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp cinnamon, and ¼ tsp salt). Whisk and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, add cooled off browned butter and 1 cup granulated sugar. Whisk well until incorporated.

Then add 1 cup buttermilk, 2 large eggs, and 1 tsp vanilla extract. Whisk again until well incorporated.

Add dry ingredients to the wet ones, and using a spatula, fold it in. Set aside.

Step 2. Make the batter.

In a separate bowl, whisk 2/3 cup all-purpose flour, ¼ cup brown sugar, 2 tbsp granulated sugar, and 1 tsp cinnamon. Pour in 1/3 cup melted butter and stir with a fork until well combined with crumbs.

Step 3. Make streusel topping.

Preheat the oven to 425˚F.

Place cupcake liners into the muffin tin. Divide the batter between 12 liners and top them with streusel topping.

Bake at 425˚F for 5 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 350 ˚F and continue baking for another 13-15 minutes or until a toothpick, inserted in the center comes out clean.

When done, take them out of the oven and let sit on the counter for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool off completely.

Step 4. Bake.

In a bowl, add 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract. Gradually whisk in 2-3 tbsp milk until the desired consistency.

When the muffins are completely cooled off, drizzle the glaze over.

Step 5. Make the glaze for muffins.

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This is the best recipe for Cinnamon Muffins, topped with Streusel Crumbs and Vanilla Glaze! Made with buttermilk, they stay moist and fluffy inside with buttery and crispy topping.

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