Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin
A delicious and easy-to-make muffin filled with fall flavors and a cream cheese filling that melts in your mouth.
Ingredients
Cream Cheese Filling
Muffin Batter
Pumpkin Spice + Sugar Topping (optional)
Directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 425°F and line one muffin cup with a cupcake liner.
- 2
Combine dry ingredients for the batter and stir until evenly mixed.
- 3
Whisk together wet ingredients for the batter until smooth.
- 4
Gradually fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture, using a spatula to mix just until no dry flour remains.
- 5
Prepare the cream cheese filling by mixing cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract until creamy and smooth.
- 6
Fill the cupcake liner with muffin batter, insert the tip of a piping bag into the center of the batter, and gently squeeze in the cream cheese filling while pulling upward. Sprinkle with pumpkin spice sugar.
- 7
Bake at 425°F for 7 minutes, then at 350°F for an additional 10-12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the muffin comes out clean.
- 8
Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer them out of the pan to cool completely.
