Name: Cream Cheese Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the Muffins:; 3 cups all purpose flour; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground nutmeg; 1 tsp ground cloves; 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp Baking Soda; 4 large eggs; 2 cups sugar; 2 cups pumpkin puree; 1¼ cups Vegetable Oil; For the filling:; 8 oz cream cheese; 1 cup powdered sugar

How To Make Cream Cheese Pumpkin Muffins

Moist and tender pumpkin muffins are filled with a sweet and tangy cream cheese filling. This is another recipe to try for the coming pumpkin season.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 20 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Muffins:

3cupsall purpose flour
1tspground cinnamon
1tspground nutmeg
1tspground cloves
1tbsppumpkin pie spice,(plus 1 tsp)
1tspsalt
1tspbaking soda
4large eggs
2cupssugar
2cupspumpkin puree
1¼cupsvegetable oil

For Filling:

8ozcream cheese,softened
1cuppowdered sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.
Prepare the filling by combining the cream cheese and powdered sugar in a medium bowl and mixing well until blended and smooth.Transfer filling to a piping bag fitted with a piping tip.
Prepare the muffin batter. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, pumpkin pie spice, salt and baking soda; whisk to blend. In the bowl of an electric mixer combine the eggs, sugar, pumpkin puree and oil.
Mix on medium-low speed until blended. With the mixer on low speed, add in the dry ingredients, mixing just until incorporated.
Fill muffin tins ⅔ full with muffin batter. Next add the filling. Poke the piping tip into the middle of each muffin batter-filled tin.
Squeeze out about 1 to 2 tablespoons of filling into the batter.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until a toothpick comes out mostly clean. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
Store in airtight container at room temperature.