A few years ago, Quinn came up with this recipe as a special treat for me. I love, love, love all things cream cheese. Somehow, the recipe got buried among the countless recipes I’ve collected. Then, the other morning, I woke up to find that Quinn had not only unearthed the recipe but had the muffins baking in the oven.
If you love cream cheese like we do, these are the muffins for you. That is certainly the predominant flavor. Cream cheese is mixed in the batter, plus a dollop of it inside for an extra burst of it. Of course, what makes these even better to me is the sprinkling of pecans on top. Yes, he definitely came up with these just for me.
These are usually made in muffin tins, but this time Quinn used mini loaf pans. I think that size would be great for gifts, which is especially of note now that the holidays are upon us.
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1 jamie // Nov 11, 2007 at 1:28 pm
4 t of baking powder? Is that right? Do they have a bitter flavor because if it?
They sound HEAVENLY!
There is a recipe from Pillsbury I think where you take the blue roll of fridge biscuits, flatten them, cut 8 oz of cr cheese into as many hunks as you have biscuits, dip the cheese chunk into melted butter, then roll it in cinnamon sugar mix, put it in the center of the flattened biscuit and bring biscuit dough over it, set it in a muffin cup and bake.
They are SO wonderful and remind me of these muffins!
THANKS for this recipe.
2 peabody // Nov 11, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Those would have been great for breakfast today.
3 Leslie // Nov 11, 2007 at 3:18 pm
These look yummy! How did you adjust the cooking time for the mini loaf pans?
4 jennifer // Nov 11, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Jamie, that is the correct amount of baking powder. They’re not bitter at all.
Peabody, I highly recommend them any morning for breakfast.
Leslie, they do need to bake a bit longer in the mini loaf pans. Maybe just 3 or 4 minutes more. I rely heavily on the toothpick method of testing doneness. Just remember that you may get gooey cream cheese out, but they may still be done.
5 jennifer // Nov 11, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Oh, Jamie! I almost forgot. Your recipe sounds delicious, too! I’ve made a similar thing using canned biscuits, but it was all put into a Bundt pan for a monkey bread. You can read about it here. Yum!
6 Amy // Nov 12, 2007 at 9:26 am
Oh wow! These look incredible! I can’t wait to try them! Cream cheese= lots of exclamation points!
7 Tartelette // Nov 12, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Must make for tomorrow…right now! I might have them for dinner…they sound fantastic!
8 Tartelette // Nov 12, 2007 at 12:52 pm
They sound fantastic! What a nice to have in the morning. I am heading to the kitchen as we speak!!
9 Katia // Nov 12, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Goodness these look GOOD! I will definitely make them soon!!
10 jennifer // Nov 13, 2007 at 10:04 am
Thanks, everyone, for the compliments!
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12 Karee // Jan 20, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I’m new to finding your website, and these look amazing. Will make them tomorrow
Thanks for all the great recipes and foodie talk!
13 jennifer // Jan 20, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Hi, Karee! I’m glad you found me. Hope you like the muffins!
14 Ngoc // Mar 5, 2008 at 10:03 am
Loved these! Made them yesterday for a band I work with, and they liked them so much, I had to send them home with some. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
15 jennifer // Mar 5, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Ngoc, I’m glad you liked them! They’re definitely one of my favorites.
16 chris // Mar 5, 2008 at 9:35 pm
how much vegetable oil? I think the recipe says ‘1/2 vegetable oil’. Thanks!
17 jennifer // Mar 6, 2008 at 8:02 am
Thanks for pointing that out, Chris. It should be 1/2 cup. I’ve corrected the recipe.
18 chris // Mar 7, 2008 at 8:00 am
I made this recipe for my MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) group and it got rave reviews. We love the cream cheese in the middle. Thanks for posting Jennifer!
19 jennifer // Mar 7, 2008 at 9:06 am
Glad you liked them, Chris!
20 Cindy // Mar 29, 2008 at 10:03 am
Jennifer, I just took these out of the oven. They are wonderful! You just can’t go wrong with cream cheese.
21 jennifer // Mar 29, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Cindy, I’m glad you liked them! I am a huge fan of cream cheese.
22 Tim // May 28, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I just served these for breakfast and:
they look beautiful
they’re relatively simple to make
they’re overly sweet.
I think next time I’ll reduce the sugar a bit, or add some blackberries.
23 jennifer // May 28, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Tim, blackberries sound like a great idea with all that cream cheese!
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