Pineapple and Carrot Surprise Muffins

Name: Pineapple and Carrot Surprise Muffins
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 177 milliliters packed brown sugar; 118 milliliters butter or margarine, melted; 237 milliliters shredded carrots (about 1 1/2 medium); 85 grams package cream cheese, softened; 2 eggs, beaten; 473 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 227 grams can crushed pineapple in juice, undrained; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons vanilla

Pineapple and Carrot Surprise Muffins is a vegetarian morn meal. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 264 calories. This recipe serves 12. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. Head to the store and pick up salt, cream cheese, granulated sugar, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat oven to 400°F. Line 12 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups (or spray cups with cooking spray or grease with shortening). In large bowl, stir flour, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice and melted butter with spoon until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Reserve 1/2 cup mixture for topping.

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Pumpkin Pie Spice

Cooking Spray

Brown Sugar

Shortening

Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Muffin Liners

Bowl

Oven

Stir baking powder, baking soda, salt, eggs, carrots and pineapple into remaining crumb mixture just until moistened; set aside.

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Baking Soda

Pineapple

Carrot

Egg

Salt

In small bowl, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.

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Granulated Sugar

Cream Cheese

Vanilla

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Make indentation in top of each muffin, using back of spoon. Drop about 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture into each indentation.

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Cream Cheese

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Muffin Liners

Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over batter and filling.

Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and edges spring back when touched lightly. Cool muffins in pan 5 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack.

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Wire Rack