Mini Coffee Cakes
Quick Cooking
"These moist, buttery muffins with their nutty topping are so easy to make," assures Dena Engelland from Sterling, Kansas. Stir up a batch of the cute cakes and let them bake alongside the frittata while you fix the rest of the meal."
SERVINGS: 12
CATEGORY: Dessert

METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/4 cups milk
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- TOPPING:
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg. combine flour, pudding mix, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat until blended. Stir in walnuts.
Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack. Yield: about 1 dozen.