Description
These Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins are moist, fluffy, and filled with a rich swirl of sweet cream cheese right in the center. Perfect for fall mornings or any time you’re craving a cozy, bakery-style treat at home. Quick to prepare and easy to customize with your favorite mix-ins.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
- ½ cup vegetable oil or melted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup brown sugar (light or dark)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground cloves (optional)
- For the Cream Cheese Filling:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Set your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
- Make the filling: In a small bowl, mix softened cream cheese with sugar and vanilla until smooth. Set aside.
- Prepare the muffin batter: In a large bowl, whisk pumpkin puree, brown sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla until combined. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Slowly mix dry ingredients into wet until just combined.
- Assemble the muffins: Spoon a tablespoon of batter into each muffin cup. Add a teaspoon of cream cheese mixture in the center. Top with more batter to cover the filling.
- Bake: Bake for 22–25 minutes, or until the tops are set and spring back gently to the touch. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack.
Notes
Don’t overmix the batter to keep your muffins light and fluffy. For an extra touch, swirl the cream cheese topping into the muffin batter with a toothpick. You can also sprinkle the tops with cinnamon sugar or pumpkin seeds before baking for added texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snack
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 16g
- Sodium: 240mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 35mg