Cinnamon Ripple Muffins

This recipe came from Family Fun magazine September 2007. This is a family favorite!

Cinnamon Ripple

1/2 cup light brown sugar

4 tbsp butter, cut into small pieces

1/4 cup flour

2 tsp cinnamon

Muffin Batter

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup butter at room temp

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 tsp vanilla

*Combine all the cinnamon ripple ingredients in a mixing bowl and use an electric mixer to blend them. Set the mixture aside. Then heat the oven to 400 and grease a 12 muffin tin.

*Next, make the batter: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until the mixture is pale and fluffy, then beat in the eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Stir in the dry ingredients just until the batter is blended. Then sprinkle the cinnamon ripple over the batter and use a flexibel spatula to fold it in a couple of times.

*Divide the batter among the muffin cups and bake the muffins for 13 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of one comes out clean. Let the muffins cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5-10 minutes before removing them!