Description
Make delightful Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins with a beautiful swirl. This recipe is simple and brings cozy fall flavors to your kitchen. Follow the easy steps for perfect results every time.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Ground cinnamon
- Ground nutmeg
- Ground ginger
- Pumpkin puree
- Granulated sugar
- Brown sugar
- Eggs
- Vegetable oil
- Vanilla extract
- Cream cheese, softened
- Powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven and line a muffin tin with paper liners.
- Whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in one bowl.
- In a separate large bowl, mix the pumpkin puree, both sugars, eggs, oil, and vanilla extract until combined.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing just until combined. Do not overmix.
- In a small bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with the powdered sugar until smooth. This is your cream cheese filling.
- Fill the muffin cups about two-thirds full with the pumpkin batter.
- Drop small spoonfuls of the cream cheese filling over the batter in each cup.
- Use a knife or toothpick to gently swirl the cream cheese into the pumpkin batter to create the marble effect.
- Bake for the recommended time, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool in the pan for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For the best swirl, do not over-swirl the batter. A few gentle passes with a knife work well.
- Use full-fat cream cheese for the creamiest swirl filling.
- You can substitute half the vegetable oil with applesauce for a slightly lighter muffin.
- Make sure your cream cheese is truly softened to avoid lumps in the filling.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 22 minutes
- Category: Sweet Treats
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 250mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 50mg