Gluten Free Coffee Cake Muffins Recipe | with a Streusel Topping
Enjoy a quick breakfast or snack when you make these gluten free coffee cake muffins. These gf muffins have a delicious crumble topping just like the cake.
Yield: 12 muffins
Equipment
- Stand mixer with paddle attachment or handheld mixer
Ingredients
For the crumble
- ½ cup (109 g) packed light brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons (48 g) non hydrogenated vegetable shortening I use and recommend Spectrum brand
- ½ cup (70 g) all purpose gluten free flour blend (I used Better Batter; please click thru for appropriate blends)
- ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum (omit if your blend already contains it)
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
For the muffin batter
- 1 ¾ cups (245 g) all purpose gluten free flour blend (I used Better Batter; please click thru for appropriate blends)
- ½ teaspoon xanthan gum (omit if your blend already contains it)
- ¼ cup (36 g) cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons (84 g) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 (100 g (weighed out of shell)) eggs at room temperature, beaten
- 1 cup (8 fluid ounces) buttermilk at room temperature
Instructions
Prepare the crumble.
- In a medium-size bowl, place the brown sugar and shortening and mix until creamy and well-combined. Add the flour, xanthan gum, and salt, and mix until coarse crumbs form.
- Place the crumble in the refrigerator to chill while you make the muffin batter.
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease or line a standard 12-cup muffin tin and set it aside.
Make the muffin batter.
- In a medium-sized bowl, place the flour, xanthan gum, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, and whisk to combine well. Set the bowl aside.
- In a large bowl with a handheld mixer or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, place the butter and granulated sugar and beat on medium-high speed until very well-combined.
- Add the vanilla and eggs, and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add 1/3 of the dry ingredients, then half of the buttermilk, beating to combine after each addition.
- Add half of the remaining dry ingredients and then the remaining buttermilk, beating to combine in between.
- Add the final dry ingredients and, if using a hand mixer, mix by hand just until combined since the batter will very thick and will climb up the beaters. If using a stand mixer, beat until just combined.
Add the crumble topping.
- Remove the crumble topping from the refrigerator, crumble about 3/4 of the mixture into the batter and fold in with a spatula until the mix-in is evenly distributed throughout the batter.
- Divide the batter evenly among the 12 prepared muffin cups, and smooth the tops of the batter with wet fingers. Scatter the remaining crumble evenly on top of all the wells, and press gently to help the crumble adhere to the wet batter.
Bake the muffins.
- Place the muffin tin in the center of the preheated oven and bake until the tops of the muffins spring back when pressed gently in the center and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with no more than a few moist crumbs attached (about 20 minutes).
- Allow to cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Originally published on the blog in 2011. In 2019, recipe altered to make muffins larger and more tender; all photos and video new; in 2022, text resources added.
Nutrition
Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 248IU | Vitamin C: 0.002mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 0.3mg