Name: Red Velvet Cream Cheese Muffins Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 17 min
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour; 3/4 cup sugar; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/3 cup buttermilk; 2 Tablespoons natural unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons red liquid food coloring; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 large egg (slightly beaten); 4 ounces cream cheese (softened); 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup all purpose flour; 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter (cut into cubes)

Red Velvet Cream Cheese Muffins Recipe

How To Make Red Velvet Cream Cheese Muffins

Swirls of deliciousness are all over these cream cheese muffins. They’re soft and fluffy, and have a yummy crumb topping for added texture!

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 17 minutes

Total: 32 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1¼cupall purpose flour
¾cupsugar
2tspbaking powder
½tspsalt
⅓cupbuttermilk
2tbspnatural unsweetened cocoa powder
1½tspred liquid food coloring
½cupvegetable oil
1large egg,slightly beaten
4ozcream cheese,softened

For Crumb Topping:

½cupsugar
½cupall purpose flour
2tbspunsalted butter,cut into cubes

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 12 muffin tin with paper liners or spray with cooking spray.
In a large bowl whisk together flour, ½ cup of sugar, baking powder, and salt.
Whisk in the buttermilk, cocoa, food coloring, oil, and egg in a separate bowl. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just moistened.
Beat the cream cheese and remaining sugar in a small bowl. Fold the cream cheese into the muffin batter. Do not overmix.
Make sure that you can still see the cream cheese swirled throughout. Fill the muffin tins two thirds full with the batter.
Stir the sugar and flour in a bowl. Add the butter and cut it in with a pastry blender coarse crumbs have formed. Sprinkle the crumb mixture evenly on each muffin.
Bake 17 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes and transfer them to cool on a wire rack.
Serve and enjoy!