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Blueberry Cheesecake Muffins

Is it breakfast or is it dessert? These cheesecake blueberry muffins are filled with a cream cheese mixture surrounded by blueberry muffins and topped with a streusel crumble topping!
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Prep Time 18 minutes
Cook Time 36 minutes
Total Time 54 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 6 Large Muffins

Ingredients
  

Cream Cheese Filling

  • 6 oz Cream Cheese
  • 1 tsp Lemon Zest
  • 1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/4 Cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Cornstarch

Streusel Topping

  • 2/3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1/3 Cup Light Brown Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 Cup Unsalted-Butter, Melted

Blueberry Muffins

  • 1 Cup All-Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 Cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1 Egg Room Temperature
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1/4 Cup Milk
  • 1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt

Blueberries

  • 1 Cup Fresh Blueberries 1/2 cup extra for topping.
  • 1 Tbsp Flour

Glaze

  • 1/2 Cup Powder Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Milk

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat your oven to 350-degrees
  • In a medium bowl, cream your cream cheese till smooth. Add in the rest of the cream cheese ingredients.
  • In a separate bowl, add all of the streusel topping together. Mix till you have coarse crumbs.
  • In a small bowl, combine 1 cup of blueberries with 1 tbsp of flour. Toss to combined.
  • In a large bowl, combined all of the dry ingredients for the blueberry muffins. Add in all of the wet ingredients. Mix together till smooth. Fold in the flour tossed blueberries.
  • To assemble. Add 2 tbsp of the muffin mixture to your large muffin tin, add 1 tbsp of the cream cheese mixture to the middle, and top with another 2 tbsp of muffin mixture. Spread around so that the muffin mixture seals in the cream cheese. Top with 1-2 tbsp of the streusel mixture and a few of your left-over berries. Gentle press the streusel mixture and berries into the batter.
  • Bake in the oven for 36-38 minutes or until a toothpick pulls clean for the outer edges of the muffin.
  • Let them rest of 10 minutes. Mix your glaze together and drizzle over the muffins.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

This will make 12 regular size muffins. Half the muffin mix and the cream cheese mixture you add to each muffin holder. Cake for 18-20 minutes. 
The muffins will be soft on the inside due to the cream cheese mixture and cake like around the edges.
Keyword Bread, Cake, Cheesecake, Dessert, Easy, Warm