Pecan Coffee Muffins

Pecan Coffee Muffins 1½ cups flour 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ¼ cup butter, softened ½ cup sugar 1 egg 3/4 cup milk ½ tsp vanilla extract ½ cup pecans, chopped Spice Mix: ½ cup brown sugar 2 tbsp flour 1 tsp cinnamon Preheat oven to 400°F. In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the centre. In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugar and egg and beat on medium speed until blended. Add in the milk and vanilla and beat on medium until blended together. Pour wet mixture into the well of the dry mixture. Add in pecans. Stir until just moistened. To make spice mix, mix ingredients together in a bowl. Grease a muffin pan and add about a tsp of the batter to each muffin cup. Sprinkle a little of the spice mix on top. Then spoon the rest of the batter evenly over top of the muffins and top with the remainder of the spice mix. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the centre of a muffin. Makes 12 muffins.