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Easy Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins with Streusel
These easy pumpkin cheesecake muffins make the best fall breakfast! They have layers of cream cheese filling and a cinnamon streusel topping.
👥 14 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 35 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Kayla Burton📖 brokenovenbaking
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- bowl
- whisk
- spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 425°F and fill a muffin pan with liners (or grease with nonstick spray).
2
Cream Cheese Filling
cream cheese (room temperature)6 ounces
3
In a small bowl, mix together the softened cream cheese, sugar, and kefir until smooth.
cream cheese (room temperature)6 ounces
4
Cinnamon Streusel Topping
ground cinnamon1 teaspoon
5
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Mix in the melted butter until completely combined.
ground cinnamon1 teaspoon
6
Pumpkin Muffins
7
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice.
baking soda1 teaspoonbaking powder1 teaspoonground cinnamon1 teaspoon
8
In a large bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, sugars, eggs, vanilla extract, kefir, and pumpkin puree until combined well.
large eggs (room temperature)2pumpkin puree1 cup
9
Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ones with a spatula just until the flour streaks disappear.
10
Fill muffin liners 1/4 full with pumpkin batter. Add about 1 tablespoon of cream cheese filling on top, and then fill to 2/3 - 3/4 full with muffin batter. Top with the remaining cream cheese filling and then sprinkle cinnamon streusel on top.
cream cheese (room temperature)6 ouncesground cinnamon1 teaspoon
11
Bake on the middle rack at 425°F for ⏱️ 5 minutes, then reduce to 350°F without opening the oven door. Continue baking until a toothpick comes out clean (about 15-20 more minutes; ⏱️ 20-25 minutes total).
12
Let the muffins cool in the pan for about ⏱️ 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Nutrition Facts
calories
350 kcal
fat Content
16 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
27 g
sodium Content
291 mg
protein Content
5 g
trans Fat Content
0.2 g
cholesterol Content
48 mg
carbohydrate Content
47 g
saturated Fat Content
6 g
unsaturated Fat Content
9 g
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