Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins | My Baking Dependancy

Moist, completely spiced pumpkin muffins are full of sweetened cream cheese and topped with brown-sugar streusel. Take pleasure in these pumpkin cream cheese muffins for a fall breakfast or candy afternoon snack.

Despite the fact that it’s almost Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas are proper across the nook, I’m not able to let go of fall but.

It’s been an unseasonably heat fall right here, so although I’m glad it in all probability received’t be snowing for trick-or-treating tomorrow, I hope we get some extra crisp fall days earlier than we head on into the vacation season and winter.

So even whereas I’m already planning out Christmas cookie recipes for you all, I’m nonetheless going to carry onto pumpkin recipes for a tiny bit longer. 

Which means making at the very least 1 or 2 extra batches of those pumpkin cream cheese muffins earlier than we head into all issues cranberry and peppermint.

In spite of everything, there’s not significantly better than pumpkin paired with cream cheese! Give me a pumpkin cream cheese pie, pumpkin cream cheese danish, or one in all these muffins and I’m a cheerful girl.

Moist pumpkin muffins with cream cheese filling

Other than pumpkin bread, pumpkin roll and pumpkin cheesecake, these little pumpkin cream cheese muffins are one in all my absolute favourite fall recipes to make and share. I imply, who can resist pumpkin, cream cheese and a streusel topping? Not this lady.

I took a moist basic pumpkin muffin base and added a flippantly sweetened cream cheese filling and a brown sugar and pecan streusel on prime. After baking, you may select so as to add an optionally available vanilla glaze to make them further indulgent, however they’re simply as scrumptious with out it.

The recipe makes about 20 muffins, so that they’re good for baking up and sharing with neighbors, coworkers, lecturers, and naturally household!

Bundle them up in a bakery field with some twine and a cute tag and you’ve got a fantastic and scrumptious hostess present for any fall event.

Toasted up within the oven a day or two later, they could nearly be higher than contemporary out of the oven. Nearly.

You understand what I’m considering? I’m considering Thanksgiving morning breakfast, possibly alongside my favourite make-ahead breakfast casserole! How about you?

Learn how to make pumpkin cream cheese muffins

I do know that recipes like this will appear overwhelming at first. However every of the recipe components are literally fairly easy they usually don’t take as lengthy to make as you would possibly assume!

Recipe elements

For these pumpkin cream cheese muffins, you’ll make:

• A cream cheese filling
• Streusel topping
• Pumpkin muffin batter
• Non-compulsory vanilla glaze

Altogether for the filling, streusel, and muffin batter, you’ll need:

• 8 ounces softened cream cheese
• 3 giant eggs
• 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons mild or darkish brown sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 teaspoons home made pumpkin pie spice
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon plus a pinch of salt
• 1 (15-ounce) can pure pumpkin puree
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• ¼ cup melted unsalted butter
• ¼ cup chopped pecans, optionally available

I like to make use of my home made pumpkin pie spice in these muffins, however you may swap it out for cinnamon if that’s all you might have readily available.

If you’re shopping for the components for this recipe, be sure to purchase pumpkin puree and never pumpkin pie filling. Pie filling has further components that we don’t need on this recipe. 

Making these pumpkin cream cheese muffins

This recipe makes about 20 pumpkin cream cheese muffins, so prep 20 normal muffin wells by spraying them with nonstick spray or lining them with muffin liners.

Begin by making the filling and the streusel. For the filling, use an electrical mixer to beat the cream cheese till gentle, then add the egg, vanilla, and brown sugar and beat till clean.

Don’t fear in case you have a few cream cheese chunks in there – it’ll end up wonderful as soon as the muffins are baked. Set the filling apart.

For the topping, combine the brown sugar, flour, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a bowl. Use a fork to combine within the melted butter till the combination is crumbly. 

If you wish to embody the pecans, stir these into the streusel now. Pop this into the fridge till you’re prepared to make use of it. 

To make the muffin batter, whisk collectively the dry components in a big bowl. Add the moist components and blend till simply mixed.

Now it’s time to assemble the muffins. Add about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the muffin matter to every of the ready muffin wells. I like to make use of my medium cookie scoop to make this tremendous straightforward.

Add about 2 teaspoons of the cream cheese filling to the middle of the batter in every nicely. A small cookie scoop is helpful for this half.

Prime every muffin with one other 1 1/2 tablespoons of batter, then sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the entire muffins.

Bake at 375°F for 20-25 minutes. The pumpkin cream cheese muffins are achieved when a toothpick inserted into the facilities comes out clear.

Let the muffins cool earlier than serving. If you wish to add the vanilla glaze, whisk it collectively and drizzle it over the cooled muffins.

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