Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins

Peter and his team have to work late tonight so I thought they might appreciate a snack to power them through. I looked at what I had on hand, did a little interent seaching and found this awesome recipe. The muffins turned out great! I packed them up and sent them along with Peter when he left for his meeting...I also kept ten or so at home with me :)

I didn't have any baking cups so I just sprayed the muffin pan with Pam. Next time I will run out to get the cups because some of the muffins were lost during the removal process. Oh well.


Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins
makes 24
2 cups all purpose flour
1 ½ cups sugar
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
¼ cup butter, softened
2 eggs
½ cup milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped fresh strawberries

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a mixer cream together the cream cheese, butter, and sugar. Add the eggs, milk, and vanilla and mix until just combined. In a bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and the salt. Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix until just combined. Be careful not to over mix. The batter will be thick, almost like cookie dough. Fold in the strawberries. Spoon batter into a paper lined muffin pan. Fill the muffin cups about 3/4 of the way full and bake for about 20 to 25 minutes, until the tops are golden. Cool on a cooling rack for about 15 minutes.