Description
Delicious Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins that combine moist pumpkin bread with a rich, creamy cream cheese swirl, perfect for fall.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir gently until just combined.
- In a small bowl, beat together softened cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth.
- Fill each muffin liner halfway with batter, top with cream cheese mixture, then add more batter until 2/3 full.
- Gently swirl the cream cheese into the muffin batter using a toothpick.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
Notes
For best results, use room temperature cream cheese and avoid overmixing the batter.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg