Spices – Ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice blend give these pumpkin muffins a lovely warm flavor.
Salt – Helps to balance out the sweet ingredients.
Butter – Chilled salted butter helps hold the topping ingredients together.
How to Make Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
Though these pumpkin cheesecake muffins may look fancy, they’re quite simple and straightforward to make.
Make the Cream Cheese Filling: Using a stand mixer beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar together until light and fluffy.
Prepare the Muffin Batter: Beat the wet ingredients together in the bowl of the stand mixer. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until just combined. Cover the batter and chill for 20 minutes.
Make the Topping: Add the ingredients to the bowl and combine using a pasty cutter or two butter knives to cut the butter into the dry ingredients. The mixture will resemble coarse crumbles.
Make the Muffins: Spoon a tablespoon of the chilled batter into the muffin pan. Slice the chilled filling into 24 equal parts and place a piece in each muffin cup. Fill the rest of the paper liners almost to the top with muffin batter. Add a tablespoon of topping to each muffin. Bake and then remove and then cool completely.
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