Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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Squares of soft ,sweetened cream cheese provide a hidden treat when you bite into these muffins. It's almost like eating cream cheese danish. Ingredients:
2 c flour |
3/4 c plus 3 tbs sugar,divided |
1-1/2 tsp baking powder |
1/2 tsp baking soda |
6 tbs unsalted butter,chilled,cut up |
1 c chopped strawberries |
3/4 c plus 2 tbs buttermilk |
1 egg |
1 (3 oz) pkg cream cheese,cut in 12 cubes |
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease bottoms of 1 2 muffin cups or line with paper liners. combine flour,3/4 c sugar ,baking powder and baking soda in med. bowl.
2. With pastry blender or 2 knives,cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Stir in strawberries.
3. Whisk buttermilk and egg in small bowl until blended. Gently stir buttermilk mixture into flour mixture just until combined. Divide evenly among muffin cups. Dip cream cheese pieces in 2 Tbs of the sugar;place in center of each muffin. Press cream cheese until level with batter (do not cover cream cheese with batter). Sprinkle muffins with remaining 1 Tbs sugar.
4. Bake 2o to 25 mins or till light brown and toothpick comes out clean(do not put toothpick in cream cheese). Cool on wire rack 10 mins. Remove from pan;serve warm or at room temperature. Store in refrigerator.
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