Swirled Cinnamon Muffins
Jan 10, 2025 12:50 PM
These sweet cinnamon muffins are everything I love about a classic cinnamon roll, baked into an easy muffin recipe! They’re complete with an ooey-gooey brown sugar filling, buttery oat streusel, and creamy glaze drizzled over top.
Ah, cinnamon muffins, how I love you. Let us count the ways. This recipe makes big, fluffy breakfast muffins bursting with wholesome oats, chocolate chips, and all the flavors of a freshly baked cinnamon roll. They’re soft and buttery, complete with a gooey cinnamon sugar layer inside. Here’s why they’re a morning treat to have on repeat:
Cinnamon roll-inspired. Whenever I don’t feel up to the task of making classic yeasted cinnamon rolls, these cinnamon muffins are a delicious (and very close) second. They even have that gooey filling I crave in the real thing!
Easy to make. These muffins have a buttery oat topping, cinnamon sugar filling, and the muffin itself (plus a glaze, because I couldn’t resist). The recipe is very beginner-friendly, though, and each step takes just a few minutes.
Baked in 20 minutes. With a quick, 20-minute baking time, these muffins are perfect for a weekend morning. You’ll need to budget another 15-20 minutes of prep time, but you can have soft, fluffy cinnamon muffins ready for the breakfast table in under an hour.
Ingredients:
Streusel Topping
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Filling
- 3 tablespoon melted butter
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 3 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Muffin
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- optional: 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
Glaze Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
- 2 tablespoon milk
Prep Time:
20 minutes
Cook Time:
20 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
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