Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins

Dessert muffins with a special strawberry-cream cheese surprise inside!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 243 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 1 ¼ cups milk
• ½ (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup strawberry jam

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

Step 2

Beat together cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth; set aside.

Step 3

In a large mixing bowl, combine all-purpose flour, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, beat together egg, milk, brown sugar, butter, lemon zest and vanilla extract. Stir egg mixture into dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.

Step 4

Spoon half of batter into muffin cups. Top each portion with 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture and 1 teaspoon jam. Spoon remaining muffin batter on top.

Step 5

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until golden. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, then remove muffins and cool on rack. Store in airtight container.