Cream Cheese Muffins

Cream Cheese Muffins-a lightly flavored muffin with a delicious streusel topping. 

I must be wanting to attend a brunch or something because I've made another recipe that is perfect for brunch. Cream Cheese Muffins are so mild and go perfectly with a fresh fruit or fruit salad and that's why I think they're great for brunch.

Cream Cheese Muffins, in my opinion, are not a stand alone muffin. Not that they can't be, but I think they're better when served with other items rather than blueberry muffins or chocolate muffins which can most definitely be served on their own. 

I think I am putting too much effort into these muffins.I tend to over think things. Please excuse the muffin rambling.

On a recent grocery trip I saw a package of cream cheese muffins in the bakery. I felt like they were calling my name, but rather than buy those I went home and made my own. I added a streusel topping because it's hard to eat muffins without it  because it takes the muffins up a notch!I made the muffins in the evening but had one for breakfast the next morning with sliced strawberries, blueberries and yogurt. It was a delicious!!

Enjoy!!

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Cream Cheese Muffins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• ¾ cup of sugar
• 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk I use whole
• ½ cup butter melted and cooled

Streusel Topping

• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cold butter diced

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Line a muffin pan with muffin liners and lightly spray the liners with non-stick cooking spray.
• Sift flour, sugar and baking powder into a bowl.
• Add salt to flour mixture.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs and beat until smooth.
• Add milk, vanilla and the melted butter and mix together.
• Pour into the flour mixture and gently mix together.
• Scoop into the muffin cups and top with the streusel topping.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until they begin to lightly brown.

Streusel Topping

• In a medium bowl combine the flour and brown sugar and cut in the butter until the mixture in crumbly.