Mini Pecan Crumb Cakes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup chilled butter, cut into small pieces
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3/4 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 grease 12 standard size muffin pan cups or line with paper liners.
• 3 to prepare topping, mix together flour, brown sugar, nuts and cinnamon.
• 4 using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut butter into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form.
• 5 set aside.
• 6 to prepare cakes, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and allspice.
• 7 mix together sugar, melted butter, vanilla, and eggs until blended.
• 8 alternately stir flour mixture and milk into butter-egg mixture.
• 9 spoon batter into prepared pan, filling cups two-thirds full.
• 10 sprinkle topping over batter; press in slightly.
• 11 bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• 12 transfer pan to a wire rack to cool slightly.