Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 4 1/2 tablespoons flour
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 tablespoons chopped pecans (toasted these briefly first on a cookie sheet in the oven at 350 degrees, for about 10 minutes. just)
• 2 1/2 cups flour (i used half , half whole wheat)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/3 cups canned pumpkin
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour 18 muffin cups.
• 3 filling: beat cream cheese until soft.
• 4 add egg, vanilla and brown sugar.
• 5 beat until smooth.
• 6 set aside.
• 7 streusel topping: mix flour, sugar, cinnamon and pecans.
• 8 add butter and cut it in with a fork until crumbly.
• 9 set aside.
• 10 muffin batter: in a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• 11 make a well in the center of flour mixture and gradually incorporate eggs, pumpkin, olive oil and vanilla.
• 12 beat together until smooth.
• 13 fill cups with pumpkin mixture until they're about 1/2 full.
• 14 carefully add one tbsp of the cream cheese mixture right in the middle of the batter.
• 15 if you're using paper cups, try to keep cream cheese from touching the paper.
• 16 sprinkle on the streusel topping.
• 17 bake at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.