Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins Recipe
Delicious pumpkin cream cheese muffins that are perfect for fall mornings or as a sweet treat anytime. These moist, flavorful muffins are filled with a creamy, tangy cream cheese center and topped with crunchy pumpkin seeds.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
- Total Time: 45-50 minutes
- Yield: 16 muffins 1x
- Category: Baked Goods
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
Pumpkin Bread:
- 1 recipe pumpkin bread
Cream Cheese Filling:
- 6 oz. full-fat cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp. whole milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- pinch of salt
Finishing:
- Salted pumpkin seeds or pumpkin seeds of choice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: to 350°F. Line a standard 12-count muffin tin with orange-colored muffin liners. Set aside.
- Make the pumpkin batter: Prepare the pumpkin batter from the recipe.
- Prepare the cream cheese filling: Beat all ingredients until smooth. Transfer mixture into a piping bag or a ziplock baggie with a corner cut off.
- Fill the muffin tin: Scoop the batter into each muffin tin, filling almost to the top. Add cream cheese filling in the center of each muffin.
- Add finishing touch: Sprinkle pumpkin seeds around the batter.
- Bake: Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out mostly clean.
- Cool and serve: Allow muffins to cool in the tin before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 290
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 240mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 60mg
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