Strawberry Muffins with Cream Cheese Filling and Streusel Topping

Ingredients

For Cream Cheese Filling
• 4 ounces – Cream cheese
• 1/3 cup – Sugar
• 1/2 – Egg (about 2 Tbsp. beaten)
• 1/4 Tsp – Vanilla extract
For Streusel Topping
• 1/4 cup – All purpose flour
• 1/4 cup – Sugar
• 1/2 Tsp – Ground cinnamon
• 2 Tbsp – Firm unsalted butter
For Muffins
• 1 Cup – Whole milk
• 1/4 Cup – Oil
• 1 – Egg
• 2 cup – All purpose flour
• 1/2 cup – Sugar
• 2 Tsp – Baking powder
• 1/2 Tsp – Salt
• 2 cups – Strawberries, cut into small pieces

Instructions

Cream cheese filling
1. Beat the Cream cheese, sugar, egg and Vanilla in a small bowl and mix until smooth, set aside.
Streusel topping
2. Combine the flour, sugar and Cinnamon in a small bowl and cut in the butter until the mixture looks like coarse crumbs; set aside
Muffins
3. Preheat the oven to 400 F
4. Whisk together the milk, oil, egg and sugar.
5. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and stir into the milk mixture. Be careful not to over mix (the batter will be slightly lumpy)
6. Spoon a tablespoon of the muffin batter into each cup
7. Add a sprinkle of the Strawberry pieces
8. Add a tablespoon of the Cream cheese filling,
9. Add another tablespoon of the muffin batter followed by another sprinkle of the Strawberry pieces and on top a final sprinkle of the Streusel topping.
10. Bake for 23-25 minutes (at 400F), let cool in pan for about 5 minutes and serve slightly warm.