Coffee Cake Muffins

I must say, I would rather be playing in the sunshine!!  My grand daughter came in from playing in the snow and yelled "Where is summer!".  Out of the mouths of babes.  Although I was away from the cold for one month, it has not lessened my disappointment with the weather.

There, I got it off my chest! Whew!

The other day my lovely daughter asked where my next post was, after all, I was retired and what else did I have to do with my time?  There was also the utterance "You are old" somewhere in that stellar conversation.  Only a daughter could get away with this.

Well, I am ready to move on with business even though the weather isn't or before I forget what it is that I wanted to write about.

If I were the type of person who had lots of time and friends over for the never-ending coffee, I would chose this muffin to serve.  It is from my trusty Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook.

Ingredients
3 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons chopped walnuts or peanuts
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter
1 beaten egg
1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk

Directions
Grease your muffin tins and preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

For the topping, mix the 3 tablespoons flour, brown sugar, and the cinnamon.  Cut in the 2 tablespoons butter until it resembles coarse crumbs.  Stir in the nuts.  Set aside.

In a medium bowl, stir together the 1 1/2 cups flour, the sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, baking soda and salt.  Cut in the 1/4 cup butter till the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

In another medium bowl, combine the egg and buttermilk.  Add the egg mixture all at once to the dry mixture.  Stir just till moistened (batter should be lumpy).

Spoon half the batter into the muffin tins.   Top with half the topping, the remaining batter, and the remaining topping.

Bake at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes or till golden.