PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE SWIRL MUFFINS

Perfectly soft and moist, Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins are topped with a luscious swirl of cheesecake.

Adding pumpkin to baked recipes makes them super moist. I just love that!

 

PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE SWIRL MUFFINS

A few tips for successful muffins

• It’s really important to have the cream cheese at room temperature. Otherwise, it will not mix well.
• As well, I don’t recommend using low-fat or fat-free cream cheese. It doesn’t melt very well.
• Furthermore, have all your cold ingredients at room temperature.
• You’ll need pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling.
• Also, you can substitute sweet potatoes for the pumpkin. Cook, mash, and cool the sweet potatoes before you add them to the recipe.
• You can use either vegetable oil or melted butter in the muffin mix.
• If you want a more intense pumpkin flavor, substitute the cinnamon for an equal amount of pumpkin pie spice.
• I used half a can of pumpkin puree because I didn’t want a large number of muffins. However, this recipe doubles easily if you don’t want to use half a can of pumpkin.
• If you choose to use half the can of pumpkin, as I did, what’s left you can make my over-the-top-good Pecan Pumpkin Cobbler!!
• You can add a few chopped pecans, walnuts, or almonds to the top of the muffins after you swirl it for a little crunch.
• Finally, you can omit the cream cheese swirl for a wonderful plain pumpkin muffin.

HOW TO SWIRL

Maybe I’m over-explaining, but maybe this is someone’s first time to marble the top of a cake or muffin.

1. I used a 1/4 cup spring release scoop to scoop the exact amount of pumpkin for each muffin.
2. Next, I spooned 1 tablespoon of cream cheese mixture on top of the pumpkin batter.
3. To swirl, you can use a toothpick, skewer, or knife.
4. I like to put my dollop of cream cheese in the center of the muffin.
5. Then, simply take your tool of choice and swirl through the cream cheese and pumpkin mixture. You can make figure 8’s, circles, or whatever pattern you want.
6. Really, the only thing to remember is ‘don’t swirl too much.’ You still want to see a definition between the cream cheese and pumpkin mixture.

Store any leftovers in the refrigerator.

I prefer to eat the muffins warm, therefore, I just pop it in the microwave for about 15 seconds. Tastes like freshly baked muffins!

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Do you like muffins? Pumpkin? What’s your favorite pumpkin recipe?

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