Sunday, January 22, 2012

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

This is a new pumpkin muffin recipe that I found online. I opted to use fresh pumpkin instead of canned pumpkin.

Ingredients:
Filling:
-1 8oz pkg of cream cheese
-1 egg
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-3 tbsp brown sugar

Steusel topping:
-4 1/2 tbsp flour
-5 tbsp sugar
-3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
-3 tbsp butter
-3 tbsp chopped pecans

Muffins:
-2 1/2 cups of flour
-2 cups of sugar
-2 tsp baking powder
-2 tsp ground cinnamon
-2 eggs
-1 1/3 cups of olive oil
-2 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees

2. Filling:
  • Beat cream cheese until soft
  • Add egg, vanilla, and brown sugar
  • Beat until smooth
  • Set aside
3. Streusel topping:
  • Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, and pecans
  • Add butter
  • Cut with a for until crumbly
  • Set aside
4. Muffins:
  • Sift together flour, sugar, cinnamon, and baking powder
  • Make a well in the center of the mixture
  • Add eggs, pumpkin, olive oil, and vanilla
  • Beat well until smooth
5. Place pumpkin mixture in muffin cups

6. Add 1 tbsp of the cream cheese filling

7. Sprinkle on streusel topping

8. Bake at 375 for 20-25 min

I'll add pics when blogger decides to cooperate with uploading pics...

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