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Scents Of Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 75 Minutes
Ready In: 75 Minutes
Servings: 6
My version of the coffee shop's famous Fall / Winter offering - jumbo, spicy pumpkin muffins (with a secret, very Starbucks, ingredient) stuffed with cubes of cream cheese and crowned with pumpkin seeds. The hardest part will be waiting for them to cool! Read more !
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp ground espresso coffee
1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup pumpkin
6 oz bar cream cheese, cut into 6 chunks
1/4 cup shelled pumpkin seeds
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F, line 6 jumbo muffin cups with paper cups.
2. Mix flours, spice, salt, baking soda and baking powder in a medium bowl, set aside.
3. Beat eggs, sugars, oil and applesauce in a large bowl until blended.
4. Beat in pumpkin until well combined, then gradually add dry ingredients until fully combined.
5. Fill muffin cups 3/4 of the way with batter, then place 1 oz cream cheese in the centre of each cup.
6. Cover cream cheese with 1-2 tbsp additional batter.
7. Top with pumpkin seeds.
8. Bake at 350F for 35-40 minutes.
9. Cool 15 minutes in the tins, then remove to a wire rack and cool completely.
By RecipeOfHealth.com