Cinnamon Streusel Muffins (VIDEO)

5 from 1 vote

These are hands down the best Cinnamon Streusel Muffins filled with a delightful cinnamon swirl and then topped with a buttery crispy crumb.

Prep Time30

Cook Time30

Total Time1

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: large

Calories: 435kcal

Cut butter into small chunks and let it come to room temperature
Whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon, granulated sugar, and brown sugar, then add room temperature butter chunks to the mixture and mix with a spatula or wooden spoon just until the dry ingredients get coated with the butter
You can make sand-like crumbs or larger crumbs by simply pressing the mixture together using your fingers
Place the streusel into the fridge, while preparing the muffin batter

Heat oven to 175 C / 347°F (no fan)
With an Electric hand mixer whip the oil and two kinds of sugar together until pale and fluffy then whip the egg in. Do not overbeat
Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together, this is the “dry ingredients” and fold them into the batter
Mix vinegar and baking soda together in a small bowl, it will be super bubbly. Immediately fold the mixture into the muffin batter.
Spoon or pipe half of the batter into 6 cavities of a Cupcake pan then mix cinnamon and granulated sugar for the cinnamon swirl and spoon the cinnamon sugar mixture on top of the muffin batter. Then, pipe or spoon the rest of the muffin batter on top
Finally, finish with a thick layer of cinnamon streusel on top
Bake the muffins for 25 min or until a skewer inserted comes out clean then let them cool on a cooling rack
Serve them fresh or store at room temperature for 2-3 days

INGREDIENT NOTES

Use a combination of white and (light or dark) brown sugar for the best texture and beautiful butterscotch flavor in your muffins
For the muffins, the eggs should be at room temperature
Use good quality 82% unsalted butter for the cinnamon streusel at room temperature

TECHNIQUE NOTES

Digital scale is required for a consistent, happy baking experience:)
Always pre-heat your oven and consider using a digital oven thermometer for the best results
Each oven is different so you might need to adjust the baking time slightly
Do not overbake your muffins as that can result in a dry texture
Some recipes state to use melted butter or cold butter. With cold butter, you would have to work the mixture a bit longer, as the butter slightly needs to warm up to be able to coat the dry ingredients, but eventually, the same result can be achieved. With melted butter, you would have to chill the mixture for the butter to somewhat set and being able to form the crumbs. Therefore, I suggest working with room temperature butter that is just perfect to create the crumbs.