Have you ever had one of those days where a recipe just wasn’t happening? I had one yesterday and my plan for a great thanksgiving dish just didn’t happen. Some of my ingredients were looking slightly suspicious and I had my first day at a part-time nanny job so I just didn’t have time to make it work. Instead I am sharing with you what is a new family favorite around here and hopefully will be at your house too.
My sister and I were in Starbucks the other day and she was drooling over these Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins but she is frugal and they were expensive so I said oh no worries, I can so make those. Make them I did and we both loved them!
Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
– 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
– 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
– 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
– 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
– 1/2 teaspoon salt
– 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
– 2 eggs
-1 cup sugar
– 1 cup pumpkin
– 5/8 cup vegetable oil
– 4 ounces cream cheese
Directions:
1. Take cream cheese and roll it into a log, place it on wax paper (not covering it because the wax paper will stick to it) and place in the freezer for up to an hour.
2. Mix all ingredients except for cream cheese
3. Grease or lin muffin tins and fill half full
4. Cut cream cheese into 1 to 2 teaspoon size discs
5. Press one cream cheese disc into each muffin tin. Put in the middle and press down.
6. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, check that a toothpick comes out clean but do not touch the cream cheese
7. Allow muffins to fully cool before touching cream cheese portion.
8. Serve and enjoy!
I loved how these muffins tasted. Very moist and like the perfect pumpkin bread with a cream cheese filling. I hope you will enjoy them. Do you have a favorite fall bread? If you like apples then be sure to check out my Apple Cinnamon BreadΒ and don’t forget to pin these muffins to save for later!
Adapted From: Food.Com

These look yummy! Visiting from DDB on FB drop by if you can. & hope your having a great week. Pinned & now following.
Thank you for coming by Theresa!
Emily
Yum! Saw you on DBB!
They are delicious!
Emily
These look fabulous! And I’ve had those “recipe won’t work” days a lot. In fact there was a time in late August, early September that all the new recipes I tried were complete duds. Boo! Anyhoo, I’m totally pinning this!
Yeah I hate when that happens. But these were quite a success! Thank you for pinning!
Emily
Oh, YUM! Those look delicious!!! And I love it when we see a yummy baked good or dish and it inspires us to try to make it at home. Nice work π Stopping in (quite late, my apologies) to wish you a happy belated SITS DAY!
Thank you for coming by and checking them out. I love being able to make stuff at home too. It’s so nice!
Emily
Holy cow those look incredible! Fantastic recipe π
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
Thank you! They were so good!
Emily
YUM. These look so gooooood! =0)
These look delicious! Thanks for the recipe.
They are delicious! Thank you for coming by!
Emily
I see you’ve linked up this great looking recipe at the Freedom Fridays link party. I’d love for you to come share it on my new link party – Required Ingredient Recipe Link Party – that just went live. Every Sunday I feature a different ingredient and this week it is pumpkin.
I hope you’ll stop by and share!
http://futureexpat.com/2013/11/required-ingredient-pumpkin/
Oh how perfect, I will have to check it out. Thank you for coming by the blog!
Emily
These look fantastic! Thanks for sharing! Pinned π
These look great! Would love for you to come and share at my link party http://mommyondemand.com/create-bake-6/
Thank you π I will have to check it out!
Emily
These look so yummy π
They are! I sent some home with my sister and she said they get better each day!
Emily
These muffins sound wonderful! I saw them at SB too but never got them – now I can try making it at home π Thanks for sharing π
Yes I love being able to make them at home! They were delicious!
Emily
Oh my! Those look fantastic. I love pumpkin.
I hope you enjoy them! They are so good!
Emily
I’ve gotten something similar at Starbucks – love the recipe to make them myself!
I love when you can make something you see somewhere. Thank you for coming by the blog!
Emily
Pinning this! I need some make something for Turkey Day next week!
They are so good! I’m thinking about taking some to our Thanksgiving!
Emily