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Buttermilk Spice Muffins

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Author Laura

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¾ cup buttermilk

topping:

  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 cup walnuts finely chopped
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp nutmeg

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • In a large bowl, beat the sugar and butter together with an electric mixer. When light and fluffy, add eggs and beat one more minute.
  • Add in the baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon along with 1 cup of the flour and blend together. Add in half of the buttermilk and blend. Then mix in 1 cup of the flour. When that is mixed add in the remaining buttermilk. Then finish with the 1/2 cup of flour.
  • Grease muffin tins with butter or margarine or line with paper baking cups. Fill each cup 3/4 full of batter.
  • Make the nut topping: Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl.
  • Add a full, rounded tablespoon of nut topping on top of each muffin cup of batter.
  • Bake immediately at 375 degrees for for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and when a toothpick inserted in the middle of the muffin comes out dry.
  • Makes 12 standard-size muffins or it will make 6 jumbo sized muffins. If using the jumbo muffin pans, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees and increase the baking time 5-10 minutes.