Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins

Last week was awful in Zurich. I stayed a lot inside with my toddler which was more then happy to destroy the house. Toys all over the place and my stuff spreed everywhere. It was so hard to find my measuring cups... But when I found them, these delicious muffins were made ;)

I really can't decide if strawberries are my favorites or not. They are  definitely in top 3, but which place? It's a tight battle between them and watermelon. Maybe I should put them in  first joint place.

I love cheesecake and I love strawberries and when I saw this recipe , I knew I have to try it. Immediately!!! And this is the result!

They were a great snack for my toddler, as I cut down the sugar in the recipe. And, of course, my hubby ate them all. Who wouldn't? They are delicious, fruity and really moist.

Here is the recipe as I found it.
Happy baking!


INGREDIENTS:

MUFFINS:

• 2 cup Flour
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 2 cups chopped Strawberries

FILLING:

• 4 oz Cream Cheese
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 beaten egg
• 1 tsp Vanilla

TOPPING:

• 1/4 cup Flour
• 1/4 cup Sugar
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 3 tbsp Butter

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 400.
Line a 12 cup muffin pan with cupcake liners or spray with non-stick spray.
Combine 2 cups flour, 2 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp salt in a bowl and mix well.
Beat together 1 cup milk, 1/4 cup oil, egg and 1/2 cup sugar in another bowl.
Add flour mixture to milk mixture just until well combined. Do not over mix.

In another bowl, cream together the filling ingredients until smooth.

In another bowl, mix together the dry topping ingredients, then cut in the butter with a fork until you get a grainy mixture (mine wasn't grainy at all)

In each liner, put a tablespoon of the muffin batter then a few strawberry pieces, then a half
tablespoon of the filling, about a half tablespoon of topping, another layer of batter then fruit and finally remaining topping.
Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
Let cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes and then transfer cooling rack.

Photo credit: Emi Trasnitu