Berry Cheesecake Muffins

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup milk
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
• 1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries or 1 1/2 cups strawberries or 1 1/2 cups raspberries or 1 1/2 cups blackberries
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon cold butter

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. add the eggs and beat well.
• 2 mix the flour, baking powder and cinnamon in a separate bowl and add to creamed mixture alternately with the milk.
• 3 fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups half full. i always grease my paper-lined muffin papers with cooking spray to prevent sticking.
• 4 filling ~ in a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and egg until smooth. fold in the berries. drop a rounded tablespoonful into the center of each muffin.
• 5 streusel ~ in a bowl, mix the flour, brown sugar and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. sprinkle over batter.
• 6 muffin cups will be full.
• 7 bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• 8 cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. serve warm.
• 9 refrigerate leftovers.