Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins
Description
Made with pumpkin spice batter, a surprise pumpkin cheesecake filling, and a crumb topping, these muffins are a pumpkin party in your mouth!
Ingredients
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1 cup pumpkin puree
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1 cup white sugar
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1/2 cup vegetable oil
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2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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2 large eggs
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/2 cup white sugar
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5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
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1/4 cup cold butter, cut into chunks
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
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1/4 cup white sugar
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2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a muffin tin.
2
Combine pumpkin puree, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, and eggs in a bowl.
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Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, pumpkin pie spice, salt, baking soda, nutmeg, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the mixture; pour pumpkin mixture in and mix thoroughly. Add about 1 tablespoon batter to each muffin cup.
4
Mix 1/2 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons flour, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together in a separate bowl. Cut in cold butter with 2 knives or pastry blender until crumb mixture resembles small peas.
5
Beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, and 2 tablespoons flour together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add 1 tablespoon of cheesecake filling to each muffin cup. Pour in batter until muffin cups are 3/4-full. Top with crumb mixture.
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Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 18 to 20 minutes.