Coffee Cake Chocolate Chip Muffins
The pairing of melt-in your mouth streusel and rich chocolate makes for the ultimate breakfast treat!
Servings: 16 muffins
Ingredients
Streusel Topping
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 6 tbsp cold butter, cubed
Muffins
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 2 1/2 tsps baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips feel free to add more
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffins tins.
- Next, make the streusel. In a small bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter. Mix together with your hands until you have a crumbly mixture. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, maple syrup, vanilla, buttermilk, greek yogurt, and eggs until smooth (you can hand whisk or use mixer). Add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt, mix until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Divide half the batter among the prepared pan. Evenly sprinkle about 1/3 of the streusel over the batter. Add the remaining batter and then top evenly with the remaining streusel.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Serve warm or at room temperature.