Ohhh, Pumpkin Streusel Muffins are cozy, spiced, and perfect for fall baking. 🍂🧡 They’re moist pumpkin muffins topped with a buttery cinnamon-sugar crumble and sometimes a drizzle of glaze.
🧁 Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
Ingredients
For the Muffins:
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1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
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1 tsp baking soda
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1 tsp baking powder
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½ tsp salt
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2 tsp ground cinnamon
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1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (or nutmeg, ginger, cloves mix)
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2 large eggs
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1 cup pumpkin purée (not pumpkin pie filling)
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½ cup brown sugar
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½ cup granulated sugar
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½ cup vegetable oil (or melted butter)
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¼ cup milk
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1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Streusel Topping:
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½ cup all-purpose flour
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⅓ cup brown sugar
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1 tsp cinnamon
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¼ cup cold butter, cubed
Optional Glaze:
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½ cup powdered sugar
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1–2 tbsp milk
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½ tsp vanilla extract
Directions
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Make the Streusel: In a small bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Cut in cold butter with a fork until crumbly. Set aside.
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Prepare Muffins:
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Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with liners.
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In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice.
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In a large bowl, whisk eggs, pumpkin, both sugars, oil, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
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Gently fold in dry ingredients until just combined (don’t overmix).
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Assemble: Divide batter into muffin cups (about ¾ full). Sprinkle streusel on top of each.
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Bake: 18–22 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
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Optional Glaze: Whisk glaze ingredients and drizzle over cooled muffins.
✨ These muffins are moist, spiced, and have that bakery-style crumbly top. Perfect with coffee or tea!
Want me to also give you a cream cheese–filled version (like pumpkin cheesecake muffins from a café), or keep it classic with just streusel?