Sweet Cream Pumpkin Dream
40 Minutes • Servings: 12 Muffins
Made with fresh pumpkin puree, aromatic spices, and a touch of coconut sugar for a perfectly balanced flavor, these muffins are sure to please. The real magic lies within… a hidden pocket of cream cheese filling that oozes out with every bite, giving you a burst of creamy dreams.
What you need
- 2 cups Vava Vanilla Dilettoso Mix
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tsp. Pumpkin pie spice
- 1 15 oz. Can pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1/2 cup coconut oil melted
- For the Streusel Topping
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar or brown sugar
- 3 tbsp butter melted
- 2 tsp. pumpkin spice
- 1/2 cup VaVa Vanilla Dilettoso Mix
- For the Cream Cheese Layer:
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 Egg yolk
- 1 tsp. Vanilla extract (or almond extract)
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How to do it
- PREHEAT the oven to 400 degrees F and line a muffin pan with muffin liners, lightly spraying the inside with baking spray or oil so that the muffins don't stick to the liners.
- GET out of the fridge the cream cheese and butter to soften and bring to room temperature.
- IN a medium sized mixing bowl whisk together the VaVa Vanilla Dilettoso mix cinnamon, and pumpkin spice. Set aside.
- USE another medium sized bowl to whisk together the pumpkin puree, eggs, coconut oil, until smooth.
- ADD the dry ingredients to the wet and combine using a wooden spoon careful not to over mix.
- MAKE the cream cheese mixture by beating together softened cream cheese, egg yolk and vanilla extract. (We used almond extract).
- USE an ice-cream scoop to scoop the muffin batter into the muffin liner so that they are about 1/3 of the way filled. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese on top and then cover with remaining pumpkin batter (it's ok if the batter doesn't completely cover the cream cheese batter).
- MAKE the streusel topping by combining the coconut sugar (or brown sugar), pumpkin pie spice, and your VaVa Vanilla Dilettoso mix. Add melted butter and use a fork to mix it around into crumbs — it shouldn't be a super fine consistency.
- SPRINKLE the crumb topping and pumpkin seeds if desired over each. Bake for 23-25 minutes (checking at 23 minutes). Let cool and enjoy!
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