New York-Style Crumb Cake Muffins

Name: New York-Style Crumb Cake Muffins
Yield: Makes 12 muffins
Cuisine: US & Canada, Mid-Atlantic, American
Ingredients: 1/3 cup, granulated sugar (2 2/3 ounces/75 grams); 1/3 cup, dark brown sugar (2 2/3 ounces/75 grams); 3/4 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon, table salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), melted and still warm; 1 3/4 cups, cake flour (7 ounces/198 grams); 1 1/4 cups, cake flour (5 ounces/142 grams); 1/2 cup, granulated sugar (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams); 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter (3/4 stick), cut into 6 pieces, softened but still cool; 1 , large egg; 1 , large egg yolk; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/3 cup, buttermilk; , Confectioners' sugar for dusting

Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
Mid-Atlantic
American
Breakfast & Brunch
Quick Breads

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2008

We wanted to bring this New York classic home—but not from the supermarket.

SERVES Makes 12 muffins

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

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