no-pants-brunch coffeecake muffins

Yes, no-pants-brunch is a real thing. It was born from a hungover resolution among a few friends to only apply the bare-minimum (pun intended) amount of clothing for breakfast, regardless of out-of-town guests, and as it turned out said company was totally okay adhering to the new norm of my home. It is indeed freeing after a long night of partying to simply wake-up (kinda), enjoy a cup of coffee, and eat a ton of food all before restricting the nether-region to dreaded denim constraints. Regardless, pants or no pants, these coffee-cake style muffins were a delightful brunch treat, and BONUS they weren't very difficult to make- even in my weakened state I managed to succeed with this recipe.

apparently the attendees of said brunch will remain anonymous

YOU NEED:

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1 tbsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch squares and chilled

3 eggs

1/2 cup plain yogurt

DO THIS:

Preheat the oven to 350. You can grease a muffin-pan OR do what I did and just use the little paper cups. In a food processor, mix the regular sugar, 1/2 cup of the flour, and 1/4 of the brown sugar. Put 3/4 cup of this mix in a bowl and add the rest of the brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside- this is the streusel topping! With the remaining sugar mixture, add the rest of the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda and mix in the food processor. Add the butter to the mixture slowly and continue blending the mix. Add the eggs and yogurt and blend until everything is combined.

Portion a little more than a tablespoon of the batter into each muffin cup, add 1 1/2 tbsp of the streusel mix, and cover with another spoonful of batter. If there is any streusel left you can sprinkle the rest on top. Bake 20-24 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean- you know the drill.

If you want to make these muffins reeeeally pretty

part of a pretty balanced breakfast

you can sprinkle them with powdered sugar. But who are you trying to impress, anyway? Serve with copious amounts of coffee and do yourself a favor and drink a glass of water while you're at it. Enjoy!