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Almost-Like-Starbucks Pumpkin Muffins




Source of Recipe


Musings of a Mommy






Recipe Introduction


They are wonderful hot, but be very careful of the cream cheese - it gets very very hot and you could burn yourself. That would totally ruin your experience.






List of Ingredients



• 3 cups flour
  
• 1 tsp cinnamon
  
• 1 tsp nutmeg
  
• 1 tsp ground cloves
  
• 4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  
• Pinch of cardamom (optional)
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• 4 eggs
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• 2 cups cooked or canned pumpkin
  
• 1 ¼ cups vegetable oil
  
• 8 oz package cream cheese*
  
• Chopped nuts** (walnuts, pecans) (or chopped pumpkin seeds) (optional)
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350.
   
2. Mix ingredients together except cream cheese and nuts.
   
3. Fill muffin tins (greased or paper cups) half full. Put 1-2 tsp cream cheese in the middle, pressing down. Sprinkle with 1 tsp chopped nuts.
   
4. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean from the muffin part (do not touch the cream cheese!).
   
5. Let cool in pans for 5 minutes, then remove to racks to cool completely. Do not touch the cream cheese until it cools, as it is very very hot.
   






Final Comments


Makes 24 muffins

*The best cream cheese to use is the cheesecake flavored kind. Put the entire tub or brick on a piece of tin foil, and shape it into a long log. Put it in the freezer while you mix and fill the pans, up to an hour. Unwrap and cut with a sharp knife. If the disks are too big around, cut thick slices and then cut them in half. This keeps the cream cheese in one big lump, and also lets you push it down into the batter.