There’s nothing I like better than a certain coffee chain’s ‘Pumpkin Spice Latte’ and one of their ‘Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins.’ I don’t like paying the price, so I cloned them to the best of my ability at home.
Original recipe makes 12 muffins
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 (15 ounce) can cooked pumpkin
4 ounces cream cheese
sunflower seeds, as garnish
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PREP
15 mins
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COOK
25 mins
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READY IN
1 hr
Directions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
- Stir the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, pumpkin pie spice, cardamom, ginger, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
- Beat the brown sugar and the eggs together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add all the vegetable oil and the pumpkin; continue beating until integrated. Pour the flour mixture into the egg mixture and beat until just incorporated.
- Fill the prepared muffin cups about half-full with the batter. Spoon about 1 teaspoon cream cheese into the center of each muffin cup and poke it down into the middle of the batter with a finger. Sprinkle the sunflower seeds over each muffin.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes. Let cool in pan 5 minutes and remove to a rack to cool completely. Be extra careful; the cream cheese stays hot for a while!
Nutrition
Calories: 295 kcal
Carbohydrates: 33.8 g
Cholesterol: 46 mg
Fat: 16.6 g
Fiber: 1.8 g
Protein: 4.1 g
Sodium: 280 mg