Moist Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins You’ll Make Every Fall
Get ready for the fall season with these super moist Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins! They're made with real pumpkin purée, pumpkin spice flavor, a rich layer of tangy cream cheese in the middle, and topped with a sweet streusel topping. Breakfast just got a whole lot better.
Servings 14 muffins
Calories 319kcal
Ingredients
STRESUEL
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons butter cold cut into pieces
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
MUFFINS
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon cloves
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup oil
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
FILLING
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temp
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg yolk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425º. Line 14 muffin tins with liners
STREUSEL
- In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Add cold butter and combine with your fingers or a pastry cutter.
MUFFINS
- Whisk together the flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, combine the brown sugar, oil, buttermilk, vanilla, pumpkin and eggs. Whisk until well combined. Add pumpkin mixture to dry mixture and stir, just until combined.
FILLING
- In a small bowl, combine all ingredients and mix with a hand mixer until smooth.
- To assemble, place about 2 tablespoons of pumpkin mixture in the muffin tin, add about 1 tablespoon cream cheese and then add another 2 tablespoons of pumpkin mixture so that the batter reaches the top of the tin. Cover with streusel and press into the batter.
- Bake for 5 minutes at 425º, then reduce oven to 350º, (don’t open the oven door) bake an additional 15 minutes for a total of 20 minutes. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean. Let cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before removing.
Notes
- You can substitute 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice for cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
- Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature to make it easier to work with.
