Cranberry Walnut Cream Cheese Muffins

Cranberry Walnut Cream Cheese Muffins

Cranberry walnut cream cheese muffins are a delicious twist on your tradition muffins, especially because the cream cheese that is added into the mixture makes your muffins extra soft and moist to eat.

This recipe is slightly adopted from Taste of Home

Servings – 12

Ingredients:

1. Softened butter – 1/2 cup
2. Cream cheese, softened – 1/2 package (4 ounces)
3. Sugar – 3/4 cup
4. Eggs – 2
5. Vanilla extract – 3/4 tsp
6. All-purpose flour – 1 cup
7. Baking powder – 3/4 tsp
8. Salt – 1/4 tsp
9. Fresh or frozen cranberries – 1 cup
10. Chopped walnuts – 1/4 cup

Drizzle:

1. Confectioners’ sugar – 1 cup
2. Milk – 1 1/2 tbsp

Method:

• Strain flour, salt and baking powder, set aside
• Take a bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Then add ceam cheese and beat for 5 seconds.
• Then add eggs, one at a time along and beat well with vanilla extract.
• Now add flour mixture and fold with light hands.
• Then add cranberries and walnuts.
• Pour this mixture in greased muffin cups or tray and bake in preheated oven on 180º C for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let them cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
• Now mix confectioners’ sugar and milk and drizzle over muffins.

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