Categories: Muffins

Ingredients

• TOPPING
• 1/2 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour or King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour
• 1/4 cup brown sugar (packed), light or dark
• 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats or quick oats (not instant)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons butter, at firm room temperature
• 1/4 C pumpkin seeds
• FILLING
• 1 cup (8-ounce package) cream cheese, at room temperature; low-fat is fine
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract or a few drops Fiori di Sicilia flavoring, optional
• MUFFINS
• 1 can pumpkin purée (a standard 15-ounce can)
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup boiled cider (for best flavor), dark corn syrup, or honey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice; or 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon + 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves + 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2/3 cup milk (can use coconut milk)
• 3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour or King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour (best to use half of each)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line 2 standard 12-cup muffin pan with muffin papers, and grease the papers. Or just grease the pans.

2. To make the streusel topping: Whisk together the flour, sugar, oats, and salt. Work in the butter, mixing until coarse crumbs form; add pumpkin seeds and mix in. Set the topping aside.

3. To make the filling: Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature. If it’s not, place it in a microwave-safe bowl, and heat on low power for 40 seconds, just to soften it. Stir in the sugar and vanilla or Fiori di Sicilia, if using.

4. Put filling into a baggie – it is easier to pipe the filling onto the batter.

5. To make the batter: Whisk together the pumpkin, eggs, brown sugar, oil, boiled cider, salt, spices, baking powder, baking soda, and milk. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.

6. Add the flour and mix until well combined. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl and beat briefly to incorporate the scrapings.

7. Drop a scant 2 tablespoons of the batter (a heaping tablespoon cookie scoop works well here) into each muffin cup, spreading it to cover the bottom. Pipe on a heaping tablespoon of filling, then cover with another 2 tablespoons of batter.

8. Sprinkle each muffin with some of the streusel topping.

9. Bake the muffins for 18 to 20 minutes, until a cake tester inserted towards the edge (not into the filling) comes out crumb-free.

10. Remove the muffins from the oven. As soon as they’re cool enough to safely handle, transfer them to a rack to cool completely.

11. Enjoy fresh-baked muffins within 2 to 3 hours; refrigerate up to 3 days for longer storage. Freeze, well-wrapped, up to 3 weeks. Rewarm cold muffins in a preheated 350°F oven, tented with foil. Or heat briefly in a microwave set at low power.

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