Mini Pecan Crumb Cakes

Ingredients

• 23 cup all-purpose flour
• 12 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 13 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 12 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 13 cup chilled butter
• cut into small pieces
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 14 teaspoon salt
• 14 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 18 teaspoon ground allspice
• 34 cup sugar
• 12 cup butter
• melted and cooled slightly
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 34 cup milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Grease 12 standard size muffin pan cups or line with paper liners.
3. To prepare topping, mix together flour, brown sugar, nuts and cinnamon.
4. Using a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut butter into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form.
5. Set aside.
6. To prepare cakes, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and allspice.
7. Mix together sugar, melted butter, vanilla, and eggs until blended.
8. Alternately stir flour mixture and milk into butter-egg mixture.
9. Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling cups two-thirds full.
10. Sprinkle topping over batter; press in slightly.
11. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
12. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool slightly.