Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins
These Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins will melt in your mouth! They are the perfect treat for fall!
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp pumpkin spice (see other recipe for this)
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 30 oz pumpkin puree (2-15 oz. cans or 1-30 oz.can)
- 2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 6 tsp vanilla extract
- 16 oz cream cheese (room temperature)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° degrees.
- Put muffin baking cups into cupcake pan and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, mix 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour, 2 tbsp pumpkin spice, 2 tsp baking soda, and 1 tsp salt with a wire whisk until well combined.
- In a stand mixer or large bowl, mix the 30 oz pumpkin puree, 2 cups of sugar, and 1 cup packed brown sugar. Then beat in 4 eggs, 1 cup vegetable or canola oil, and 2 tsp. vanilla extract.
- After this is mixed together, start adding in the dry ingredients slowly until well combined and there are no lumps. You may need to scrape the bowl down a few times to make sure everything is mixed in. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, 16 oz cream cheese, 4 tsp. vanilla extract, remaining 1/2 cup sugar, and 2 egg yolks until no lumps and well combined.
- Fill muffin cups until 3/4 full and then add about 1 tbsp cream cheese to the middle of each muffin. You can leave it as is or you can use a toothpick to mix the cream cheese into the pumpkin batter. Just swirl the toothpick around in a circular motion so that the cream cheese and pumpkin are swirled together.
- Bake muffins for 18-22 minutes depending on your oven. Muffins are done when you insert a toothpick and it comes out clean. Don't overbake! These are great hot out of the oven or once cooled.
- Store in an air-tight container and refrigerate to keep them longer.
Notes
This is a large recipe and makes about 32-36 muffins depending on how large you make them. If you don't want a batch this large, you can always cut it in half. I shared the pumpkin spice recipe here too so you can make your own and have some for future recipes involving pumpkin.