Thanks for joining Sarah and me for Meatless Monday today. I don’t do too many dessert recipes here as I normally focus on more healthy eats. However, Tis the season and life is all about moderation. Like my grandma used to say, ” A little butter never hurt anyone”. Speaking of grandma, she had this fantastically delicious Coffee Cake that we all grew up eating. I took a little creative license with her recipe and created these tasty Grandma’s Coffee Cake Muffins.
My Grandma’s coffee cake is that old fashioned treat from your childhood. Made with real ingredients- yup butter, flour and sugar. Remember a “little butter every once in a while never hurt anyone”. There is a little swirl of cinnamon and a sprinkling of walnuts to top it off. The kind of recipe that fills your whole house with a delectable aroma. I turned this already perfect treat into portion sized Coffee Cake Muffins.
If you are a “muffin top” lover these Coffee Cake Muffins are made for you! Cinnamon, sugar and walnuts make the best muffin top ever. Sour Cream is one of the secret ingredients of a great coffee cake. It has a chemical reaction with the baking soda which in turn produces the most fluffy and moist cake like texture. Nobody wants a dry coffee cake! I have tried to use yogurt instead and it does not work so please, use the sour cream.
I still don’t know why people call coffee cake “coffee” cake when it does not have any coffee in it. My Grandma’s coffee cake muffins do go very well with your afternoon coffee though. They are also perfect for Christmas or New Year’s Morning. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed and either will your friends and family.
Grandma’s Coffee Cake Muffins Meatless Monday
Ingredients
- 1 stick (4 oz butter) room temp
- 3/4 C sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 C Sour Cream light
- 1 1/2 C flour
- 1 Tbl vanilla
- 1 1/2 Tsp baking powder
- topping:
- 4 Tbl sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 C chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix baking soda into container of sour cream
- (do not skip this step super important)
- In a mixer cream together butter, sugar and eggs
- Add sour cream (w baking soda), flour, baking powder & vanilla
- Mix until combined-do not over mix
- spray muffin pan w cooking spray
- Pour approx 1/4 C batter into each cup
- sprinkle on toppings
- bake 30 min (until center is set)
- Cool and serve
Do you have a childhood favorite that you will be making this holiday season? Coffee Cake lover?
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I adora coffee cake! These sound delicoius 😛
Thanks-old fashioned goodness 🙂
How funny that we both have a coffee cake today! Real butter, even if it is just a little, is necessary in coffee cake!
It is essential for sure!
Coffee cake is one of my favorite things. I thought it would be hard to make but this looks so easy! Definitely adding to my list of potential breakfasts for Christmas morning
Definitely an easy recipe! Hope it makes the cut 🙂
“Remember a little butter every once in a while never hurt anyone” –> AMEN to that! I feel like the holidays is the time to enjoy awesome treats like this.
Yes it sure is! There is always January 🙂 Have a great Monday
Those look amazing! My husband is definitely a “muffin top,” he’d love these!
Fabulous! Hope he enjoys 🙂
Oh, I am all for this one! It’s not a dessert, it’s breakfast! And, I think it’s called coffee cake because you have it with your coffee. 🙂 Seriously, coffee cake with streusel topping is my favorite!
Yes definitely breakfast 🙂 One of my favorite treats as well the topping is the best part
Yum, yum, and yum! Sometimes, you just gotta use butter. I’m baking cookies and yep, they all have butter. The boys love it.
butter really essential in baked goods! Enjoy your cookie baking 🙂
Yum! I’m a coffee cake lover, these look AMAZING!
Thanks me too! It’s a nice treat every once in a while
Yum, this sounds so good! I had no idea about the sour cream so thanks for the tip 🙂
The sour cream is essential in this recipe!
You had me at cinnamon. I bet these muffins make the house smell just amazing when they are baking!
They really do smell amazing!!
I love coffee cake! Also love that you can easily take these on the go!
It’s a crowd favorite!
They look simply delicious and the texture amazing!! I have a special spot for childhood and recipes pasted down from family and friends through the year. Memories with each bite.
Yes exactly!!
I have a weakness for coffee cake – and I love that you turned this into muffins! Pinned 🙂
Thanks so much!
These sound great! My mom has a bran muffin recipe that I’ve always loved and she made it every Christmas.
Great memory for you too!
My grandma looooved coffee cake and she’d be all for this recipe! I agree that moderation is the way to go 🙂
Yes there is definitely a place for all of our childhood favorites 🙂
Yum yum yum!!!!! Sour cream is one of those mysterious ingredients that seems to sweeten while it bakes (at least it does in my recipes). These muffins look incredible!!
Sour cream is one of those secret ingredients that just makes baked goods better!:)
Coffee cake is always an immediate win! And muffins are so yummy.
I totally agree!
Those look so yummy! And I love that you made them muffins!
I always think of coffee cake as what you eat WHEN you drink coffee! Haha
Have a wonderful Christmas!
Thanks so much happy holidays to you!
These look so delicious…perfect for Christmas morning! I will be making my Nonny’s super decadent PB fudge recipe for the holidays!!
that sounds pretty good too!
Well those sound delicious too!
Oh my, this looks amazing. Might have to send it to mom for 26th breakfast. We do a baked french toast but this could be a worthy sub
Ooh tough choice!