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Easy Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins Recipe!

Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins Recipe

These Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins are soft, fruity, and topped with a buttery crumble. With real strawberries and a creamy center, they make the perfect sweet treat for breakfast or anytime.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 285 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls (small, medium, and large)
  • Whisk
  • Rubber Spatula
  • Electric hand mixer or stand mixer
  • Muffin Tin
  • Muffin liners
  • Measuring cups & spoons
  • Oven

Ingredients
  

Crumbles:

  • 60 grams 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour dip and sweep
  • 60 grams ¼ cup and 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 42 grams 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted*

Cream Cheese Filling:

  • 170 grams 6 oz cream cheese
  • 30 grams 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Muffin Batter:

  • 235 grams 1 and ⅔ cups all-purpose flour dip and sweep
  • 2 and ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 105 grams ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 115 grams ½ cup unsalted butter melted*
  • 120 grams ½ cup milk room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 180 grams 1 cup strawberries chopped into small pieces

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a muffin tin with paper liners.
  • Make the crumble: Mix flour, sugar, and melted butter. Set aside.
    Make the crumble: Mix flour, sugar, and melted butter. Set aside.
  • Prepare filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
    Prepare filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
  • Mix dry ingredients: In a bowl, whisk flour and baking powder.
  • Mix wet ingredients: In another bowl, beat eggs, sugar, melted butter, milk, and vanilla.
    Mix dry ingredients: In a bowl, whisk flour and baking powder. Mix wet ingredients: In another bowl, beat eggs, sugar, melted butter, milk, and vanilla.
  • Combine: Fold dry ingredients into wet. Gently stir in chopped strawberries.
    Combine: Fold dry ingredients into wet. Gently stir in chopped strawberries.
  • Layer: Fill muffin cups halfway with batter, add a spoonful of cream cheese filling, then top with more batter. Sprinkle crumble on top.
    Layer: Fill muffin cups halfway with batter, add a spoonful of cream cheese filling, then top with more batter. Sprinkle crumble on top.
  • Bake: 20–25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool before serving.
    Bake: 20–25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool before serving.