Categories: cupcakes- muffins

Ingredients

• 8 oz. cream cheese (room temperature)
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 Tbsp. butter, melted
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1 1/4 cup pumpkin
• 1 1/4 cup oil
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Directions

1. Cream cheese filling: Mix cream cheese, 1 egg and 3 Tbsp. sugar, 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and pecans; set aside.
2. Batter: In a large bowl, mix the remaining sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, soda and cinnamon. Add eggs, pumpkin, oil and vanilla, then beat. In a 12-cup muffin tin coated with nonstick spray, fill each muffin tin only half full with batter. Place 2 Tbsp. of the cream cheese mixture in center of each muffin, fill with remaining batter. Sprinkle pecan topping over the top. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.

3. makes 12 large muffins

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