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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

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These Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins combine moist, perfectly spiced pumpkin muffins with a rich cream cheese filling and a buttery brown sugar crumb topping. They’re the perfect cozy fall breakfast or snack, with warm spices, creamy centers, and a delightful crunch on top. This bakery-style muffin recipe is easy to make, keeps well for days, and is ideal for pumpkin spice lovers.

Ingredients

  • For the Pumpkin Muffins:
    • All-purpose flour
    • Baking powder
    • Baking soda
    • Salt
    • Ground cinnamon
    • Ground nutmeg
    • Ground ginger
    • Ground cloves (or pumpkin pie spice)
    • Granulated sugar
    • Brown sugar
    • Vegetable oil
    • Eggs
    • Pumpkin puree
    • Vanilla extract
  • For the Cream Cheese Filling:
    • Cream cheese, softened
    • Egg yolk
    • Granulated sugar
    • Vanilla extract
  • For the Crumb Topping:
    • All-purpose flour
    • Brown sugar
    • Ground cinnamon
    • Melted butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven and line muffin tin with paper liners or grease lightly.
  2. Make the crumb topping: Combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter until crumbly. Set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together dry muffin ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
  4. In a separate large bowl, whisk together sugars, oil, eggs, pumpkin puree, and vanilla until smooth.
  5. Gently fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined. Do not overmix.
  6. For the cream cheese filling, beat cream cheese, egg yolk, sugar, and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
  7. Spoon a small amount of pumpkin batter into each muffin cup. Add a dollop of cream cheese filling, then cover with more pumpkin batter.
  8. Sprinkle crumb topping generously over each muffin and press lightly so it adheres.
  9. Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean (avoiding the cream cheese center).
  10. Cool muffins in the pan for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

Notes

  • Add a pinch of allspice or cardamom to change up the spice profile.
  • Replace some of the oil with Greek yogurt for a lighter texture.
  • Chopped nuts or mini chocolate chips can be added to the crumb topping for extra texture.
  • Mascarpone works as a delicious alternative to cream cheese.
  • Slight cream cheese leakage is normal; careful layering can help minimize it.

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