Nutella Muffins

These Nutella muffins are moist, light, airy and have rich and deep flavor thanks to brown sugar and cinnamon. A delicious dollop of Nutella will be there to meet you at your first bite. This is an easy idea for breakfast that you are sure to love!

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Servings: muffins

Calories: 308kcal

Author: Heavenly Home Cooking

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1½ teaspoon baking powder Double acting.
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
1 large egg
⅔ cup brown sugar Light or dark.
¾ cup buttermilk
¼ cup unsalted butter Melted and cooled.
½ teaspoon vanilla extract Or vanilla paste.
1 cup Nutella

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 F (204 C). Grease and flour a 12-cup regular muffin tin (or a 6-cup jumbo muffin tin).
Using a mesh strainer, sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl. Set aside.
2 cups all-purpose flour, 1½ teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon salt
Add the egg, brown sugar, buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla extract to a blender and blend for about 30 seconds.
1 large egg, ⅔ cup brown sugar, ¾ cup buttermilk, ¼ cup unsalted butter, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Pour wet ingredients into dry and stir to combine. Stir until just combined and no flour streaks remain. The batter will be thick.
Fill muffin cups ¼ full with batter.
Add ½ to 1 teaspoon of Nutella to each cup.
1 cup Nutella
Top each cup with more batter until cups are ¾ full.
Bake for 10 minutes then lower oven temperature to 375 F (190 C) and continue baking for 15-20 minutes longer.
Remove to a wire cooling and allow to cool before removing muffins from the pan.

Notes

Try not to overfill the muffin cups with batter initially. Just add a thin layer of batter to the bottom. This leaves more room for that delicious Nutella in the center! As you can see from our top photo, the Nutella settled only at the top. I learned from that and am passing this tip along to you. :-)
The brown sugar and cinnamon make the batter a little darker than what you might be used to seeing, resulting in a muffin that's a little darker than usual. Don't worry! They're not burnt. To test for doneness, insert a toothpick in the perimeter. The muffins are done when the toothpick comes out clean. You won't be able insert it in the middle because of the Nutella center.

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