Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins (Starbucks Copycat)
Copycat Starbucks Cream Cheese Pumpkin Muffins are moist and flavorful pumpkin muffins with a rich cream cheese filling, reminiscent of the popular coffee shop treat.
Equipment
Ingredients
- MUFFIN
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 ½ cups pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup butter, melted/cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- CREAM CHEESE FILLING
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon flour
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tray with liners or cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice.
- In a separate bowl, combine the pumpkin, melted butter, vanilla extract, and egg.
- Combine the wet mixture with the dry mixture and stir until just combined.
- Fill muffin liners with batter about ¾ full.
- To make cream cheese filling: Place all ingredients into a bowl and combine.
- Using a piping bag or Ziploc bag with corner tip cut off, add a dollop of cream cheese mixture to the muffin cups. *It will sink slightly into batter.
- Place muffin tray into preheated oven to bake for about 18-20 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool 2-3 minutes before removing from tray.
- Enjoy!
Notes
*If you would like the addition of oats on top, feel free to sprinkle some on top prior to placing tray into oven.
Nutrition
Calories: 140kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 3gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 241mgPotassium: 89mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 3927IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 1mg
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