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Healthier Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins 🎃✨

These healthier pumpkin cream cheese muffins are fluffy, perfectly spiced, and filled with a tangy cream cheese swirl. Made with simple ingredients, they’re the perfect fall breakfast, snack, or dessert!
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Servings 12 muffins

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
  • 15 oz pumpkin puree
  • 1/2 cup avocado oil OR EVOO
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Filling

  • 4 oz cream cheese - room temp
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1 tsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a muffin pan with paper liners or grease lightly.
  • Mix the dry ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugars, baking soda, and pumpkin spice.
  • Add the wet ingredients: Fold in pumpkin puree, oil, eggs, and vanilla until just combined—don’t overmix.
  • Make the cream cheese filling: Whisk the cream cheese with sugar, flour, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
  • Assemble the muffins: Fill each muffin cup about â…” full with batter. Add a spoonful of cream cheese mixture on top, then use a toothpick or knife to gently swirl OR leave as a dollop.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the muffin (not the cream cheese) comes out clean.
  • Cool slightly before enjoying… though they’re pretty dreamy warm from the oven. Dip in optional cinnamon sugar coating after cooling!
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