Almond Crumb Cake Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

TOPPING
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/3 cup almonds, chopped
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup unbleached flour
6 tablespoons butter, melted
BATTER
2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
2 large eggs
1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

preheat oven to 400*.
lightly butter 12 muffin cups with spray.
to prepare TOPPING:
combine the almonds, brown sugar, and flour, stir in melted butter -- set aside.
to prepare BATTER:
combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl -- stir well until blended.
in a seperate bowl, whisk buttermilk, melted butter, eggs and almond extract.
add to the dry ingredients all at once and fold just until evenly moistened -- do not overmix.
divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups.
press 1 tbls of topping onto each muffin.
bake until the tops are golden and a toothpick inserted in the centers, comes out clean -- about 22-25 minutes.
cool in pan on wire rack compeltely before removing from pans.