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A tender crumb and sticky brown sugar glaze make these butterscotch muffins perfect for brunch or dessert.
When I was little nothing made me happier than opening up the frig and seeing little glass dishes filled with pudding lined up inside. It was all I could do to get through dinner knowing that little cup waited just across the finish line. Vanilla and chocolate were good, but when butterscotch pudding filled those cups, I gobbled up my peas and carrots at record speed.
I’ve always considered myself a chocoholic, but when you throw butterscotch into the mix, I tend to get swayed. Butterscotch blondies or scones are a favorite sweet treat and butterscotch bread pudding is frankly life changing. But today the muffin is my muse.
I changed up my favorite buttermilk muffin recipe by adding brown sugar and butterscotch chips and then sent it over the edge of delicious by drizzling the muffins with a brown sugar glaze. The result is somewhere between a muffin and a cupcake, perfect for brunch or dessert. The buttermilk gives the muffin the most tender crumb and the addition of brown sugar plays nicely with the buttery caramel glaze and those butterscotch chips.
Now, I don’t know about you, but I usually need a little extra push on a Monday morning. A bowl of shredded wheat simply does not compare to moist, buttery muffin. Pair it with a strong cup of coffee and you will be fully prepared to face the week ahead.
- Butterscotch Muffins
- 4 oz butter melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 package butterscotch chips 11 oz
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- Brown Sugar Glaze
- 6 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
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Butterscotch Muffins: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Combine the melted butter, oil and sugars in a large mixing bowl and beat for 2-3 minutes.
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Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
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Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and add one third to the butter/sugar mixture and mix until just combined.
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Add one cup buttermilk and mix until combined. Repeat alternating flour and buttermilk, ending with flour and mixing just until combined after each addition. Stir in vanilla and butterscotch chips.
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Divide batter into muffin tins lined with paper liners and bake about 25 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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Remove muffins and allow to cool on a wire rack.
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Brown Sugar Glaze: Melt butter over medium heat in a small saucepan and stir in brown sugar. Cook about 5 mins until sugar is completely dissolved.
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Add salt and heavy cream and cook about two more mins. Drizzle over cooled muffins.
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen says
Wow, these look dee-licious Cathy! That glaze! The perfect extra little push that Monday morning needs!!
Cathy says
Thanks Mary Ann! And yes, we do what we can to make Monday bearable.
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says
Oh my goodness, I have ALWAYS had a weakness for butterscotch too, Cathy! Especially homemade butterscotch pudding – so good! I am droooooling over these muffins, dear!! The butterscotch muffins alone sound fabulous, but that brown sugar glaze totally takes these over the top! SO MUCH DELICIOUSNESS going on here! Pinned! I can’t wait to make these and eat them all in one sitting! 😉 Cheer!
Cathy says
OMG butterscotch pudding is THE BEST! Let me know if you like em Cheyanne!
rebecca | DisplacedHousewife says
Oh gosh, these look so delicious! I love the glaze. These + coffee…perfect morning. xo
Cathy says
Agreed Rebecca!
Emilia says
This butterscotch muffin recipe is exactly what I was looking for. There is this local muffin shop and the butterscotch muffin is my favorite. Since I enjoy cooking and baking it made sense to try to make one myself. It was always a colossal failure until I found three things, miniature butterscotch chips, a vanilla buttercream glaze for the drizzle (although this brown sugar glaze recipe sounds delicious, I didn’t make it) and THIS muffin recipe. THIS muffin recipe with my miniature butterscotch chips makes the absolute BEST BUTTERSCOTCH MUFFINS EVER! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. The crumb of the muffin is moist and tender. The butterscotch melts into these divine sticky little pockets of flavor. Side note if I may; If you search for miniature butterscotch chips you can find the seller who has the more manageable five pound bags (about 8 home-style recipes worth). I had a difficult time finding a mini chip in less than a 25# bag – that’s too much for a home cook/baker. These do taste delicious, especially in this recipe.