Raspberry Cream Cheese Breakfast Buns

From the Magnolia Bakery. Their most popular breakfast item.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 9 buns

Ingredients

• Buns

• 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  large eggs, at room temperature
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Topping

• 1⁄2 cup  raspberry preserves

• Garnish

•  confectioners' sugar

Directions

1. Grease and lightly flour 9 large muffin cups.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour and next 3 ingredients; set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter, and sugar together, using an electric mixer on medium speed, for 3 minutes.
4. Add in the eggs; beat well.
5. Add the dry ingredients in two parts, alternating with the milk and vanilla; mix to combine after each addition.
6. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling 2/3 full.
7. Drop 3 small dollops (about a teaspoonful each) of raspberry preserves onto the top of each bun.
8. Using the tip of a sharp knife, swirl the preserves into the batter, forming a decorative pattern.
9. Bake in a 350° oven for 25-30 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
10. Allow buns to cool for about 30 minutes before sprinkling with confectioners' sugar and serving.