Description
Delightful pumpkin muffins filled with creamy cream cheese, perfect for fall!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar for topping
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon for topping
- 1 tablespoon butter for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a muffin tin with paper liners or grease them lightly.
- Mix your dry ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Combine wet ingredients: In another bowl, mix the pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, sugars, eggs, and vanilla extract until well combined.
- Bring it all together: Carefully fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture with a spatula until just combined.
- Prepare the cream cheese filling: Blend softened cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.
- Fill the muffin tin: Spoon about a tablespoon of muffin batter into each muffin cup, add a dollop of cream cheese filling, and top with another tablespoon of batter.
- Mix the topping: Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl, and sprinkle on top of each muffin.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let them cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
- Enjoy: Serve warm or at room temperature!
Notes
For a gluten-free version, substitute all-purpose flour with gluten-free flour blend. You can also replace eggs with flax eggs for a vegan option.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Bakery
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg
Keywords: pumpkin muffins, cream cheese muffins, autumn baking, fall recipes, pumpkin spice