Four years ago my sister and I started our Micro b Four years ago my sister and I started our Micro bakery called The Flour Barn.  We turned a barn on our family farm into a commercial kitchen and started with one product, Cinnamon Rolls. As we got more and more orders we added more and more products. As we sold more products we could afford better equipment, than employees, slowly creating the bakery we always dreamed of....

https://theflourbarnhomestead.com/how-to-make-money-from-your-micro-bakery-at-home/
Garden Season is among us! Tomatoes are starting t Garden Season is among us! Tomatoes are starting to turn, sweet corn is ready to harvest and we are so excited! For years our family has a had a big garden that we not only enjoy for the summer, but that we preserve for the whole year! It is such a treat to be able to have fresh tasting sweet corn in the middle of December, or delicious marinara for Stromboli. 

We have a few openings in tonights Sweet Corn Harvest dinner class as well as in our Harvest dinner class in a couple weeks. We also have several blog articles you can check out to help you utilize your garden!

To sign up for a class:

https://the-flour-barn.square.site/shop/class/9?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc

How to preserve tomatoes:

https://theflourbarnhomestead.com/how-to-make-the-best-homemade-roasted-tomato-sauce/

How to make delicious Zucchini bread:

https://theflourbarnhomestead.com/whole-wheat-zucchini-bread-recipe/
We are back this week Friday 8-12 and Saturday 8-1 We are back this week Friday 8-12 and Saturday 8-11! We are so excited to get back to baking💕 Make sure to place your orders for Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls, Focaccia Breakfast Sandwiches and more! See you soon☺️🥰😱💕

To preorder:

https://the-flour-barn.square.site

To check out our blog:

Theflourbarnhomestead.com

Our address:
The Flour Barn
17200 Kandel rd Marysville
Although we are closed this Saturday, we do still Although we are closed this Saturday, we do still have a few classes available for this summer! We have a Sweet Corn Harvest Dinner coming up next week as well as another amazing Harvest dinner in a couple weeks🥰 For more information check out the link below…

https://the-flour-barn.square.site
The Flour Barn Bakery will open tomorrow 8-11! Ras The Flour Barn Bakery will open tomorrow 8-11! Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls, Caprese Sandwiches, and an Iced White Chocolate Blackberry Latte are all perfect on a beautiful summer day! We also will be selling fresh flowers from heritagefarm and sweet corn from Muddy Pike Pumpkins and Produce! 

To preorder:

https://the-flour-barn.square.site

Tomorrows case:
- Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls
- Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls 
- Honey Buns
- Key Lime Pie Bars
- Strawberry Cream Croissants 
- Various Danish
- Ham and Cheese Croissants
- Cosmic Jumbo Brownies 
- Ham and Cheddar Quiche
- Maple Sausage Breakfast Sandwich
- Focaccia Bacon Breakfast Sandwich 
- Summer Berry Cheesecake Bars
- Sourdough Loaves
- Oatmeal Cream Pies
- Lemon Blueberry Scones
- Cold Brew
- Various Lattes 
- Chai Latte
- Hemisphere Coffee
The Flour Pot is open today 8-1! Stop by for some The Flour Pot is open today 8-1! Stop by for some coffee and cinnamon rolls😍
Throwback Flavor: Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls! This Throwback Flavor: Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls! This was one of our first specialty rolls 4 years ago😱 It feels like just yesterday we started selling our Cinnamon Rolls out of the barn💕 Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls and Caprese Sandwiches are both available for preorder for a limited time! 

To preorder: 

https://the-flour-barn.square.site
Check out our website to get this delicious Zucchi Check out our website to get this delicious Zucchini bread recipe! When baking at home I try to use as much freshly milled whole wheat flour as I can. It’s how I justify the amount of bread my son eats… 

Link in bio or go to theflourbarnhomestead.com to find all our favorite recipes!
The only thing we love more than making sourdough The only thing we love more than making sourdough is sharing it! We sell our sourdough bread every Friday and Saturday at our little bakery on our family farm. 

We also teach a class on sourdough bread baking every month! Link to order our bread or sign up for one of our classes is in our bio.

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Bakery recipes, Homestead Recipes, Our Homestead · April 6, 2023

Coffee Cake Muffin Recipe

This Coffee Cake Muffin recipe with Greek yogurt is moist, full of texture and full of flavor. The key to any excellent baked sweet is good technique and quality ingredients. I love this recipe because it uses Greek yogurt, which I always have on hand (Homemade Greek Yogurt Recipe). Greek yogurt gives this muffin an extra moist texture as well as a beautiful tangy flavor. To top it off, streusel adds a crumble to the top of the muffin, and a “cinnamony” filling layered in the middle of the muffin ensures that every bite of this muffin is yummy!

muffin pan full of coffee cake muffins from our coffee cake muffin recipe

Understanding the Basics

coffee cake muffins fresh from the oven

Baking is a skill that anyone can master, but that doesn’t mean that all it takes is adding ingredients to a bowl and mixing. Each different bake requires a certain technique, from brownies, to cakes, to bread, to cookies and pastry. Once you learn the technique behind each of these items, the world of baking if full of possibilities for you. Understanding the science behind baking is not essential to baking something delicious. However, I think it just makes baking fun! Understanding gluten and its role in baking is the beginning of a solid foundation of baking knowledge.

  • What is gluten? All flours that come from wheat–all-purpose flour, bread flour, cake flour–contain proteins which, when mixed with a liquid like water or milk, form what we know as gluten. Gluten then forms the network of elastic bands that create structure and allow bread to rise and things like focaccia and bagels to be chewy.
  • When do we want to develop a lot of gluten? When we’re making baked goods like focaccia bread that we want to be nice and chewy, or when we are baking artisan breads like baguettes, and we want a lot of structure to allow for a good rise in the dough.
  • How do we develop a lot of gluten? First, use a flour that contains more protein, like bread flour. More protein, more gluten potential. Second, gluten development is enhanced by manipulation like stirring, kneading, or mixing. That’s why we knead yeast breads until they are smooth and elastic. It’s that elasticity that gives us the structure we need to support a high rise in a loaf of bread.
  • When do we NOT want to develop a lot of gluten? MUFFINS and other quick breads, like banana bread or zucchini bread, pie crust, and biscuits. No one wants chewy muffins or biscuits, or tough pie crusts; and too much gluten development will give you just that. Instead, we want our muffins, biscuits and pie crusts to be nice and tender, so this is when we want to minimize the development of gluten.
  • How do we minimize gluten development? For quick breads, namely muffins, all-purpose flour is better because its protein content is lower than bread flour. Less protein, less gluten. In addition, you want to manipulate the batter as little as possible once you add your liquid. In this coffee cake muffin recipe, you can accomplish this by folding in the dry ingredients just until you don’t see any dry flour and stop! Avoid overmixing! The stand mixer is fine until we add the liquid to the dry ingredients. After that, we want to do this by hand to avoid overmixing. The batter doesn’t have to be smooth. In fact, it can be rather lumpy.

The Muffin Technique

Like most baked goods, there is a specific technique no matter what the recipe is. With cookies, I can take any list of ingredients and I know that I am going to cream the butter and sugar and mix in the dry ingredients just until incorporated. There is also a key technique when making muffins. Once you have this knowledge you can conquer any muffin recipe, even if you are given just the ingredients.

How to use the muffin technique:
creamed butter for coffee cake muffin recipe

First you cream your butter and sugar together. You know your butter has been creamed enough when it has lightened in color. Before moving on, make sure to scrape down the sides of your bowl and incorporate everything equally. Then add the eggs one by one until each egg is fully incorporated.

Mix the milk and Greek yogurt in a separate bowl. Some recipes use sour cream and some just use milk. The Greek yogurt gives the muffins a moist texture with the addition of a sweet tanginess. Then slowly mix the milk/yogurt mixture into the butter, sugars and eggs. This mixture will be pretty wet, but that is normal. It also might have specks of butter and yogurt, but that will also be okay once you mix your wet ingredients with your dry.

Greek yogurt and milk mixture for the Coffee Cake Muffin Recipe
Batter for the coffee cake muffin recipe

Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder, any spices, etc. We want them mixed thoroughly at this point, because we want to minimize stirring once we add the liquids. Having a large, heavy mixing bowl makes this recipe even simpler; giving you enough room to properly fold in the ingredients and heavy enough were it is not continue tipping as your mixing. I use my mixing bowl everyday for a variety of recipes.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.

Fold in the wet ingredients just until you no longer see dry flour.

Assemble in the muffin pan. It is nice to have two pans because then you can assemble all the muffins at one time and bake all at once. Here are the standard size muffin pans we use at the bakery, click here. With most recipes, you will fill your muffin liners about 80 percent full of batter. This particular recipe will have some layers so read on!

Making a Streusel for your Coffee Cake Muffin Recipe

This is such a simple streusel because it requires no pastry cutter, no elbow grease to cut in the ingredients and is so quick to come together.

First whisk together the flour, sugar and spices. Then take your melted butter and slowly add it in. I usually add a third of the butter in, and whisk. Then add the next third and whisk, then add the last third and whisk. You can use a whisk or a fork. In the end your streusel should be nice and crumbly.

streusel for coffee cake muffin recipe

Making the Filling for your Coffee Cake Muffin Recipe

My husband is one of those people who normally prefers the top, or streusel, of the muffin to the rest of the muffin. This muffin is perfect for him because there is a filling in the center that makes sure there is plenty of texture and flavor throughout the muffin. The filling for this muffin is just a layer that is added in the center of the muffins. To make it, you simply whisk together brown sugar and cinnamon. It just adds the perfect combo of texture to the center of the muffin and adds a nice, sweet balance to the tangy yogurt-based muffin.

ingredients for coffee cake muffin recipe filling in a bowl with cinnamon and brown sugar

Filling Your Muffin Tins

You will start off by filling all your muffin cups halfway. This is a little less than a quarter cup. Next, add a tablespoon of the filling. After that, add another quarter cup of filling and then top the whole thing off with streusel. Your muffin tin will be almost filled to the top.

batter from the coffee cake muffin recipe

Coffee Cake Muffin Recipe

This recipe is a customer favorite at our bakery, the Flour Barn. Some handy tools I would recommend for all your baking would be a kitchen scale and a Thermapen. Both of these items will take your baking to the next level. A scale provides both precision and a cleaner work area. A Thermapen ensures your bake is baked perfectly every time by monitoring its internal temperature. To learn more about how to use optimal internal temperature for your baking click here.

coffee cake muffins fresh from the oven

Coffee Cake Muffin Recipe

Serving Size:
24 muffins
Time:
30 minutes
Difficulty:
Simple

Ingredients

  • Butter 3/4 cup (170 grams)
  • Sugar 1 1/2 c (300 grams)
  • Brown sugar 1/3 cup (67 grams)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract (you can also use maple extract)
  • 3 eggs
  • Greek yogurt 3/4 cup (190 grams)
  • Milk 1 1 /4 c (300 grams)
  • Flour 3 3/4 cups (450 grams)
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Filling: brown sugar 1 cup (200 grams) and 1 1/2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
  • Streusel: sugar 2/3 cup (134 grams), pinch of salt, flour 3/4 cup (90 grams), 1/2 T cinnamon, 4 T melted butter (57 grams)

Directions

  1. Pre heat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. To make filling: Add brown sugar and cinnamon together and whisk until well incorporated.
  3. To make streusel: To small bowl, add flour, sugar and cinnamon and whisk together. Add melted butter in slowly allowing the ingredients to absorb and form pea sized clumps.
  4. Cream butter and sugars. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix until everything is well incorporated.
  5. Add in your eggs one at a time. Add in your vanilla extract.
  6. In a separate bowl whisk together your milk and Greek yogurt.
  7. Slowly mix your milk/yogurt mixture into your butter and egg mixture.
  8. To a separate large mixing bowl, add the dry ingredients. Whisk together thoroughly.
  9. Add your wet ingredients to your dry ingredients. Fold into dry ingredients just until you can no longer see any dry flour.
  10. Assemble: Add a quarter cup batter to your muffin tin. Then add a tablespoon of filling followed by another quarter cup batter. Then top of with a tablespoon of streusel.
  11. Bake muffins at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 minutes, then turn oven down to 350 degrees and bake another 10 minutes until knife comes out clean, or internal temperature reads 195 degrees Farenheit.
muffin pan full of coffee cake muffins from our coffee cake muffin recipe

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Four years ago my sister and I started our Micro b Four years ago my sister and I started our Micro bakery called The Flour Barn.  We turned a barn on our family farm into a commercial kitchen and started with one product, Cinnamon Rolls. As we got more and more orders we added more and more products. As we sold more products we could afford better equipment, than employees, slowly creating the bakery we always dreamed of....

https://theflourbarnhomestead.com/how-to-make-money-from-your-micro-bakery-at-home/
Garden Season is among us! Tomatoes are starting t Garden Season is among us! Tomatoes are starting to turn, sweet corn is ready to harvest and we are so excited! For years our family has a had a big garden that we not only enjoy for the summer, but that we preserve for the whole year! It is such a treat to be able to have fresh tasting sweet corn in the middle of December, or delicious marinara for Stromboli. 

We have a few openings in tonights Sweet Corn Harvest dinner class as well as in our Harvest dinner class in a couple weeks. We also have several blog articles you can check out to help you utilize your garden!

To sign up for a class:

https://the-flour-barn.square.site/shop/class/9?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc

How to preserve tomatoes:

https://theflourbarnhomestead.com/how-to-make-the-best-homemade-roasted-tomato-sauce/

How to make delicious Zucchini bread:

https://theflourbarnhomestead.com/whole-wheat-zucchini-bread-recipe/
We are back this week Friday 8-12 and Saturday 8-1 We are back this week Friday 8-12 and Saturday 8-11! We are so excited to get back to baking💕 Make sure to place your orders for Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls, Focaccia Breakfast Sandwiches and more! See you soon☺️🥰😱💕

To preorder:

https://the-flour-barn.square.site

To check out our blog:

Theflourbarnhomestead.com

Our address:
The Flour Barn
17200 Kandel rd Marysville
Although we are closed this Saturday, we do still Although we are closed this Saturday, we do still have a few classes available for this summer! We have a Sweet Corn Harvest Dinner coming up next week as well as another amazing Harvest dinner in a couple weeks🥰 For more information check out the link below…

https://the-flour-barn.square.site
The Flour Barn Bakery will open tomorrow 8-11! Ras The Flour Barn Bakery will open tomorrow 8-11! Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls, Caprese Sandwiches, and an Iced White Chocolate Blackberry Latte are all perfect on a beautiful summer day! We also will be selling fresh flowers from heritagefarm and sweet corn from Muddy Pike Pumpkins and Produce! 

To preorder:

https://the-flour-barn.square.site

Tomorrows case:
- Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls
- Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls 
- Honey Buns
- Key Lime Pie Bars
- Strawberry Cream Croissants 
- Various Danish
- Ham and Cheese Croissants
- Cosmic Jumbo Brownies 
- Ham and Cheddar Quiche
- Maple Sausage Breakfast Sandwich
- Focaccia Bacon Breakfast Sandwich 
- Summer Berry Cheesecake Bars
- Sourdough Loaves
- Oatmeal Cream Pies
- Lemon Blueberry Scones
- Cold Brew
- Various Lattes 
- Chai Latte
- Hemisphere Coffee
The Flour Pot is open today 8-1! Stop by for some The Flour Pot is open today 8-1! Stop by for some coffee and cinnamon rolls😍
Throwback Flavor: Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls! This Throwback Flavor: Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls! This was one of our first specialty rolls 4 years ago😱 It feels like just yesterday we started selling our Cinnamon Rolls out of the barn💕 Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls and Caprese Sandwiches are both available for preorder for a limited time! 

To preorder: 

https://the-flour-barn.square.site
Check out our website to get this delicious Zucchi Check out our website to get this delicious Zucchini bread recipe! When baking at home I try to use as much freshly milled whole wheat flour as I can. It’s how I justify the amount of bread my son eats… 

Link in bio or go to theflourbarnhomestead.com to find all our favorite recipes!
The only thing we love more than making sourdough The only thing we love more than making sourdough is sharing it! We sell our sourdough bread every Friday and Saturday at our little bakery on our family farm. 

We also teach a class on sourdough bread baking every month! Link to order our bread or sign up for one of our classes is in our bio.

#sourdough #microbakery #microbakerylife #sourdoughbread #sourdoughbreadbaking #homesteading #sourdoughbakery #ohiobakery
Never gets old… Never gets old…
The Flour Barn Bakery will be open this week Frida The Flour Barn Bakery will be open this week Friday 8-1 and Saturday 8-11! You can go ahead and preorder favorites like our Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls, Cream Filled Croissants and our Focaccia Breakfast Sandwiches! 

Address:
The Flour Barn
17200 Kandel Rd Marysville 

To Preorder:

https://the-flour-barn.square.site
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Saturday morning breakfast at The Flour Barn Baker Saturday morning breakfast at The Flour Barn Bakery, what could be better?! Our special Peach Cobbler Rolls are still here for a limited time, as well as our delicious Summer Berry Cheesecake Bars😍 Full case list below…

To get the full Flour Barn experience, grab a Blackberry White Chocolate Latte and a pack of Jumbo Cinnamon rolls while you take in the country air🥰  We recommend preordering Peach Cobbler rolls, Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls and Focaccia Breakfast Sandwiches!

To preorder:

https://the-flour-barn.square.site

Tomorrows case:
- Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls
- Peach Cobbler Rolls
- Honey Buns
- Key Lime Pie Bars
- Strawberry Cream Croissants 
- Various Danish
- Ham and Cheese Croissants
- Cosmic Jumbo Brownies 
- Ham and Cheddar Quiche
- Maple Sausage Breakfast Sandwich
- Focaccia Bacon Breakfast Sandwich 
- Summer Berry Cheesecake Bars
- Sourdough Loaves
- Oatmeal Cream Pies
- Lemon Blueberry Scones
- Cold Brew
- Various Lattes 
- Chai Latte
- Hemisphere Coffee
Open today 8-1! Get a delicious coffee and a break Open today 8-1! Get a delicious coffee and a breakfast sandwich! Or some Jumbo Cinnamon Rolls and Sourdough bread. Ordering will be inside due to weather. See you soon☺️
Our Sweet Corn Harvest Dinner Class was so fun and Our Sweet Corn Harvest Dinner Class was so fun and delicious. Together we learned to make several dishes using farm fresh sweet corn, and then we sat down and enjoyed the delicious meal together💕

To sign up for our next Harvest Series class:

https://the-flour-barn.square.site/shop/class/9?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc
A delicious Sweet Corn Harvest Dinner Class💕 We A delicious Sweet Corn Harvest Dinner Class💕 We learned how to make so many amazing sweet corn recipes and then sat done and enjoyed each of them with some freshly baked sourdough😍 Still spots left in Augusts class!

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