Pecan Coffee Cake Muffins
Pecan Coffee Cake Muffins are much quicker to make than coffee cake! These pecan-packed muffins have the flavour of a coffee cake, but in handheld form – and in far less time.
These coffee cake muffins are easy to make and perfect to eat when you are craving a sweet treat.
I had a hard time deciding on a pecan recipe to make this week. At first, I was thinking of making pecan butter tarts, but then I changed my mind and made pecan cake. However, my frosting did not turn out at all so that’s why I’m not including the recipe here today.
It tasted good, but it looked terrible. Then I figured I’d make some Pecan Coffee Cake Muffins since it’s not as easy to screw these up!
Thankfully, they turned out beautifully. I might have given up on making a recipe this week for pecans since I wasn’t having much luck!
Why You’ll Love These Delicious Coffee Cake Muffins
- Quicker to make than coffee cake
- Perfect to satisfy sweet tooth
- A treat for any occasion
- Easy to customize
- Ready in 35 minutes
Ingredients
Muffin Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Butter
- Sugar
- Egg
- Milk
- Vanilla extract
- Chopped pecans
Spice Mix Ingredients
- Brown sugar
- All-purpose flour
- Cinnamon
How to Make Pecan Coffee Cake Muffins
- Step One: Preheat the oven to 400F. In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the center.
- Step Two: In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugar, and egg and beat on medium speed until blended. Add in the milk and vanilla and beat on medium until blended together.
- Step Three: Pour wet mixture into the well of the dry mixture. Add in pecans. Stir until just moistened.
- Step Four: To make spice mix, mix ingredients together in a bowl.
- Step Five: Grease a muffin pan and add about a tsp of the batter to each muffin cup. Sprinkle a little of the spice mix on top. Then spoon the rest of the batter evenly over top of the muffins and top with the remainder of the spice mix.
- Step Six: Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of a muffin.
Equipment Needed
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What to Serve with Best Coffee Cake Muffins
Variations
- Instead of pecans, substitute another type of nut such as walnuts.
- Add in chocolate chips if you would like to make them sweeter.
- Add cinnamon if you want to add extra spice flavor to the muffins.
Storage Instructions
Best Way to Store Leftover Pecan Coffee Cake Muffins
Store your Pecan Coffee Cake Muffins in an airtight container at room temperature or in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Can I Freeze?
Yes, you can freeze these coffee cake muffins for up to 3 months in a freezer bag.
When you are ready to eat them, thaw the muffins at room temperature for about 12 hours.
You can also microwave the muffins on high for 30 seconds or until defrosted if you don’t want to wait.
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Pecan Coffee Cake Muffins
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Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- ¾ cup milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup pecans chopped
Spice Mix
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the centre.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugar and egg and beat on medium speed until blended. Add in the milk and vanilla and beat on medium until blended together.
- Pour wet mixture into the well of the dry mixture. Add in pecans. Stir until just moistened.
- To make spice mix, mix ingredients together in a bowl.
- Grease a muffin pan and add about a tsp of the batter to each muffin cup. Sprinkle a little of the spice mix on top. Then spoon the rest of the batter evenly over top of the muffins and top with the remainder of the spice mix.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the centre of a muffin.
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My kids and the kids I watch love muffins so I am always looking for good recipes. These look delicious. If I don’t have pecans, do you think walnuts would work or would they be too bitter?
These look delicious. Can’t wait to make them!
mmm soo yummy ,,i want to make for brekfast
I’ve been looking for a great combo for a muffins recipe all week. These look delicious and I absolutely love pecans in desserts. I can’t wait to make these tomorrow morning for breakfast =D
These look amazing! I will make these for sure.
I actually just got pecans…not for any real reason but thought I might bake with them coming up. Now, I have two good reasons. The upcoming pecan days and this recipe. My husband would love it.
These look absolutely delicious, I pinned this recipe, so my daughter and I can make these. Thank you 🙂
These look seriously delicious. And because they’re bite-sized they’ve got no calories, right?
Why must I always come to the recipe section LOL These look soooo good. Thank you for the recipe!
These muffins look absolutely divine and the recipe doesn’t look that hard. I’d love to make some and surprise my mom with some. 🙂
going to the store to get the stuff to make these in the morning
Thanks for the recipe..I had to pin it! I’m going to experiment and use gluten free flour to make these!
did they work GF as well? 🙂
These look absolutely delicious! I’m totally going to make these!
Try making the recipe as follows- except use 1/2 cup maple flavored Agave syrup, reduce milk to 1/4 cup.
Well, don’t these look dangerous! Yum! I need to try this for my next brunch!
Those look really good! Ill be sure to try them! thanks for the recipe
Do these actually exist? I need them!!!!
I love checking out your recipes because they are always unique and delicious like this one.I will have to try this recipe and I might have to get up early for my coffee because I don’t think these are going to stick around for long.
These look delicious
These exactly like what I would love. I’m trying his recipe!