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Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins

Rahat
Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins are a delightful blend of sweet, tangy, and indulgent flavors that will brighten your morning. Ready in just 45 minutes, they’re a quick yet impressive treat for breakfast or a snack.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 15 muffins
Calories 288 kcal

Ingredients
  

Muffins

  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil you may substitute canola oil or other neutral cooking oil
  • 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg + 1 large egg white room temperature preferred
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cup blueberries see note

Filling

  • 8 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Streusel Topping

  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 2 Tablespoons butter melted but not too hot

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375F (190C) and line a muffin tin with paper liners.
  • In a large bowl, stir together oil and butter.
  • Add sugar, egg, and egg white and whisk very well until combined.
  • Add buttermilk and vanilla extract and whisk to combine.
  • In a separate, medium-sized, bowl whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt.
  • Add all of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and use a spatula to gently fold ingredients together until mostly combined.
  • Add blueberries and stir until batter is just combined and blueberries are well incorporated. Set aside while you prepare the filling and topping.
  • Combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract and stir until smooth and well-combined. Set aside.
  • Whisk together flour, brown sugar, and salt.
  • Drizzle in melted butter and use a fork to toss ingredients together until combined, no flour/sugar remains unmoistened by the butter, and mixture is clumpy. Don’t over-mix or the streusel will become like a paste, you want it to be clumpy.
  • Divide batter into 15 muffin cups, filling each liner ⅔ of the way full.
  • Use a spoon to make a crater in the center of each muffin and portion about 2 teaspoons of your cream cheese mixture in the center.
  • Top with a heaping spoonful of remaining muffin batter and use a knife to gently swirl together the cream cheese mixture and muffin batter.
  • Sprinkle muffins evenly with streusel.
  • Transfer to 375F (190C) oven and bake for 25 minutes or muffins are baked through.
  • Allow to cool for 10 minutes or so before digging in (the cream cheese filling will be very hot!). Muffins will puff up in the oven, but due to the cream cheese filling they will deflate and maybe even cave in a bit (like a black bottom) as they cool. This is normal!

Nutrition

Calories: 288kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 170mgPotassium: 123mgFiber: 1gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 381IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 1mg
Keyword baking, blueberry, breakfast, cream cheese, muffins
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