Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins(mini)

These Mini Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins are my families new obsession! Start with a light vanilla muffin base, add a coffee-cinnamon swirl in the middle, and finish with a butter crumb top….there you have the perfect breakfast muffin! Use sour cream and milk in the muffin batter for the perfect texture and soft flavor, and do yourself a favor and just double this recipe.

Also try Mini Raspberry Citrus Muffins and our soft Sour Cream Banana Muffins!

Sometimes I think of a recipe idea and I know it’s going to be great. Before testing and tasting, I can just tell. Such was the case with these muffins! I couldn’t wait for my husband to come home and try them because they were so up his alley, and of course I got a call later that night along the lines of “THOSE MUFFINS, BABE ARE THERE MORE?!”

(there were sadly, not any more, because me and the kids had polished off the whole batch exactly 10 minutes after they got out of the oven)

Sour Cream Coffee Cake Muffins

These incredible muffins start with a super simple muffin batter. One bowl, no mixer, and pantry staple ingredients. 

The Steps:

First mix together the dry ingredients– flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt- using a whisk to fully incorporate the baking powder. This insures a nice even rise when the muffins cook!

Next make a well in the centre of the bowl and crack in the eggs, add oil, milk, and sour cream. This combo produces the most lovely muffin texture- it’s filling but light and airy at the same time. Mix those together in the centre of the bowl and then gradually pull in the flour mix from the edges. You want all the flour to be combined but be careful not to over mix here!

Cinnamon Coffee Swirl

The centre of each mini muffin gets a swirl of this glorious cinnamon coffee filling. On a quick search, I was surprised at how little(none?) of the recipes I saw online actually had coffee in them.

Yes, these muffins are perfect with a coffee.. but can we get some of that flavor on the inside too?!

I use instant coffee dissolved in boiling water. You can use espresso or prepare coffee how you normally would. Add that to a bowl of cinnamon and thick brown sugar for the perfect coffee cake filling!

Butter Crumb Streusel

Any coffee cake lover knows it all ends- or starts- with a good streusel! Use cold butter cut into a flour-sugar-cinnamon mix for the most easy topping.

As you can see we are re-using a lot of the same ingredients(flour, sugar, cinnamon). I told you this was an easy recipe!

TIP: Press the streusel into the top of the muffin batter to help it stick!

Mini Coffee Cake Muffins

My kids love mini muffins more than anything. And truth be told- they are much more fun to pop a bite than a big muffin! (I also love adding a few mini muffins to my kids’ lunch boxes- parent wins)

There are different size mini muffin tins and I suggest getting the bakery sized mini muffin tray, as opposed to the tiny one. You want a muffin that is small but also not THAT small.

You can line the trays with mini muffin paper liners(for an easier cleanup), or spray the tins with non stick spray and add the batter straight in. When the muffins are warm from the oven, dump the tray upside down onto a baking tray and the muffins will just pop right out.

TIP: if you don’t have non stick spray you can add a bit of canola oil to a bowl and use a pastry brush to coat the muffin tins. Get the tops also for easy cleanup!

I personally prefer the nonstick spray method because then you don’t have to peel off each individual muffin liner.

When I worked as the head baker in the Muffin Boutique in Jerusalem(yes there is such a wonderful place!), we used spray and liners. Tricks of the trade!

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Love, Estee