CARAMEL CHEESECAKE MUFFINS
Author Notes: These streusel topped, freshly baked, filling-without-coring muffins were made for the “Academy Night”, a goofy Oscar Award event pulled together by the RA's of my university housing. What's better than melting a blob of cream cheese in your oral cavity on a Sunday night? With caramel and a mouthful of fluffy muffin perhaps?
Plus, how many times in life do you get to poke your finger in a pool of muffin batter? —Cara Feng
Makes 12 muffins
Streusel & caramel cream cheese filling
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4
tablespoons unsalted butter, cold, cut into pieces
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1/4
cup light brown sugar, packed
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1/2
cup ap flour
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1/2
teaspoon ground cinnamon
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4
ounces cream cheese, room temp
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2
tablespoons caramel sauce
Muffins
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1 3/4
cups ap flour
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1
teaspoon baking powder
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1
teaspoon baking soda
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1/2
teaspoon fine salt
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1/2
cup unsalted butter, room temp
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1/2
cup granulated sugar
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2
large eggs, room temp
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1/2
cup yogurt, non-fat plain
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1
teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pre-heat the oven to 425°F/220°C, line a muffin tin with one dozen paper liners. Whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, leavening agents, salt) in a bowl until no lump persists (do this first so you only dirty one whisk, once!).
- Streusel: in a food processor, process the ingredients for streusel topping until pea-sized pieces form. You can also do this in a bowl with a pastry cutter, a fork, two knives, or cold fingertips. Keep cold in the refrigerator.
- Filling: in a small mixing bowl, whisk together the room temperature cream cheese and caramel sauce until well combined. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, cream the butter with sugar until fully combined. Drop in the room temperature eggs one at a time, mix thoroughly after each addition. Mix in the yogurt and vanilla. Make a well in the center of flour mixture, pour in the wet ingredients and gently fold to combine until you don’t see any air pockets.
- Fill the muffin tin to 3/4 full. Dip your finger in some flour, quickly poke into the center of a puddle of batter and move it around to create more space, repeat until you have 12 wells. Take about 1/2-1 Tbsp of the cream cheese filling and drop into the well, fill all muffins. Sprinkle the streusel on top and blow off the excess, bake at 425°F/220°C for 5 minutes and turn down the heat to 350°F/170°C, bake for another 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake part comes out clean.
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