Aunt Norma’s Rhubarb Muffins

Description

These fabulous muffins have a crunchy sweet sugar topping and are great with no extra added butter or jam.

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ¼ cups brown sugar
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 ½ cups diced rhubarb
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter
  • ⅓ cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin pans or line with paper cups.
  2. Make muffins: Stir together flour
  3. baking soda
  4. baking powder
  5. and salt in a medium bowl. Beat brown sugar
  6. buttermilk
  7. oil
  8. egg
  9. and vanilla in a separate bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour in dry ingredients and mix by hand just until blended. Stir in rhubarb and walnuts. Spoon batter into the prepared cups
  10. filling almost to the top.
  11. Make streusel: Stir together sugar
  12. melted butter
  13. and cinnamon in a small bowl; sprinkle about 1 teaspoon streusel on top of each muffin.
  14. Bake in the preheated oven until muffin tops spring back when lightly pressed
  15. about 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for at least 10 minutes before removing them.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 24

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