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Cream Cheese Filled Carrot Cake Muffins

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All of the traditional spices of carrot cake wrapped up in a muffin and stuffed with sweet cream cheese!

Ingredients

  • FOR THE MUFFINS:
  • 2-¼ cups All-purpose Flour
  • ½ cups Sugar
  • ¼ cups Brown Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoons Allspice
  • ¼ teaspoons Nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 2  Eggs
  • ¾ cups Non-fat Milk
  • ¼ cups Plain Yogurt
  • 2 Tablespoons Canola Oil
  • 1 cup Grated Carrots
  • FOR THE FILLING:
  • 8 ounces, weight 1/3 Of The Fat Cream Cheese
  • ¼ cups Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375ºF. Line muffin tin with cupcake liners or lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, yogurt, and oil until well-combined. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Stir until just combined.
4. Fold in grated carrots with a spatula.
5. For the filling, in the bowl of a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, beat together cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
6. Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon batter into each muffin cup. Place 1 heaping teaspoon cream cheese mixture on top of batter. Cover with 1 more heaping tablespoon of batter. Repeat until the batter and cream cheese mixture are gone.
7. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until tops just start to turn golden brown.
8. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.

This recipe is adapted from King Arthur Flour.

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