Cream Cheese Carrot Muffins

Submitted by FrenchBunny

"This is such a delicious moist carrot muffin. I think it is fantastic with a cup of tea in the morning. I got it from the Taste of home site and am putting it here so I don't misplace it.. The best thing is you don't have to grate any carrots."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 12 Muffins
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can sliced carrots (drained)
• 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 egg
• 1⁄3 cup canola oil or 1/3 cup vegetable oil

• FILLING

• 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
• 1 egg
• 1⁄4 cup sugar

directions

1. (You can use a food processor or an immersion blender ) Blend carrots until smooth in a small bowl.
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and spices.
3. Whisk the egg and oil into the carrot puree.
4. Stir the carrot mixture into the dry ingredients just until moistened.
5. In a small bowl beat the filling ingredients until smooth.
6. Grease 12 muffin cups or use papers
7. Fill muffin cups one-third full with carrot muffin mixture. Drop by tablespoonful the cream cheese mixture into the center of each muffin. Top with the remaining carrot mixture batter.
8. Bake at 350F for 20 - 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool a few minutes then remove to a wire rack.
9. Delicious warm but remember to refrigerate any leftovers.

Reviews

[Anonymous]

The consistency of the batter, itself, was moist enough. However, the batter makes way more than 12 muffins and they basically overflowed. Also, because there was so much better in the cupcake tons, it took far longer than 20-25 mins to bake. They were in the oven at 350 at least an hour before the toothpick came out clean. The taste is decent but the cream cheese filling sort of got lost amidst the carrot and spices. Decent recipe, but there are better out there for carrot cheesecake.

 

[GingerlyJ]

Another keeper from taste of home! not too sweet and extra extra Moist all my kids loved it too!