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Apple cream cheese muffins use cream cheese to create a light, creamy texture that pairs perfectly with crisp apples.

Apple Cream Cheese Muffins

Apple cream cheese muffins use cream cheese to create a light, creamy texture that pairs perfectly with crisp apples.
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Course Breakfast

Ingredients
  

  • 2 medium Granny Smith or Honeycrisp apples peeled and diced
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 6 ounces cream cheese softened
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 1 ½ cup sugar Reduce sugar to 1 ¼ cup for slightly less sweet muffins.
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups all purpose flour To make these muffins gluten-free, I use Bob's Red Mill 1-to-1 baking flour.
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup buttermilk or milk If you're using gluten-free flour add an additional 1/4 cup buttermilk or milk.
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts and/or pecans optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Spread the peeled and diced apples out on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and sprinkle the cinnamon on top. Toss to evenly coat the apples with cinnamon. Bake for 10 minutes.
  • Place 24 cupcake liners in a muffin pan.
  • Combine cream cheese and butter in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at high speed until thoroughly combined. Add sugar and beat until the batter is fluffy. Add the vanilla and eggs and continue to beat until combined.
  • In a separate mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and stir to combine.
  • With the mixer on low speed, add half of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Next, add the buttermilk and then add the rest of the flour mixture.
  • Gently fold in the baked, diced apples.
  • Spoon the muffin batter evenly into the lined muffin cups and place about 1/2 tablespoon chopped nuts on top of each muffin. The nut topping is optional.
  • Bake for 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
  • To add an optional vanilla cinnamon glaze drizzle, combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar in a bowl. Add cinnamon to taste. Add 1 tablespoon at a time of milk and mix with a whisk until desired consistency is reached. Add 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract and mix with a whisk. Drizzle on top of each cooled muffin using a spoon and waving it back and forth on top of the muffin.
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