Apple Cheesecake Muffins
These wonderful little muffins with a surprise filling of apple cheesecake and crumbly streusel topping are simply irresistible!
Servings 12
Calories 324
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups all-purpose/plain flour
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- ½ cup milk
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 4 tablespoons butter softened
For the cheesecake mixture:
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the apple mixture:
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 medium sized cooking apples
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- pinch of salt
For the topping:
- ¼ cup butter melted
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup all-purpose/plain flour
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375f/190C
- Line 12 muffin cups in a muffin pan with paper liners.
- Beat together the sugars, butter, cream cheese and egg until well blended and pale.
- Stir in the milk and then add the flour, baking powder, and salt until combined.
- Fill prepared muffin cups about a 1/4 of the way full. Set Aside.
For filling:
- Peel, core and chop the apples, add them to a small bowl and coat with 1 tablespoon of the juice to keep them from going brown.
- Add the cornstarch and coat the apples evenly.
- In a small saucepan on med heat, melt the butter.
- Add the remaining juice, sugar, salt and cinnamon
- Add the apples to the melted butter and stir well and cook for 3-5 minutes to soften. If the mixture becomes too thick, add a bit more juice.
- Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, vanilla, sugar and egg yolk until smooth.
- Drop a rounded tablespoonful into the center of each muffin. Followed by a tablespoon of the apples and then top each one with the remaining batter.
- Mix together the streusel crumb ingredients and top each muffin evenly.
- Bake 20 - 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack to cool completely before serving.
Notes
- You can start by cooking the apple mixture so it isn't too hot when added to the batter.
- Make sure you let the apple mixture cool completely before adding it to the cheesecake layer. You don’t it to combine and turn into a custard.
- Allow the muffins to cool before eating, they taste so much better when set (when hot the center tastes more custard-like than cheesecake)
Nutrition
Calories: 324 | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 181mg | Potassium: 157mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 530IU | Vitamin C: 2.1mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 1.2mg