Fluffy cream cheese filling baked right in the middle of a moist and tender Gingerbread Muffin then topped with a cinnamon/ginger streusel and a drizzle of icing. One bite of these Cream Cheese Stuffed Gingerbread Muffins and there was a Christmas party in my mouth!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 24 minutesminutes
Total Time 44 minutesminutes
Servings 12muffins
Calories 378kcal
Author Nicole Crocker
Ingredients
For the gingerbread muffins
2CupsAll-purpose flour
1/4teaspoonSalt
1teaspoonBaking soda
1/2teaspoonBaking powder
1/2teaspoonGround cinnamon
1teaspoonGround ginger
1/2CupDark brown sugar
1LargeEgg
1/2CupSour cream or full fat plain yogurt
1/2CupMolasses
1/2CupUnsalted Butter,melted
For the streusel topping
1/4CupGranulated sugar
1/4CupBrown sugar
3/4teaspoonCinnamon
1/4teaspoonGround Ginger
Pinchof salt
1/4CupUnsalted Butter,melted
3/4CupAll-purpose flour
For the cream cheese filling
1,8 ounce packageCream Cheese,softened
1LargeEgg
2TablespoonsSugar
1teaspoonVanilla extract
For the icing
1/2CupConfectioner sugar
2teaspoonsHeavy cream
Instructions
Make the streusel topping first
Combine sugars, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a medium bowl. Add melted butter and whisk to incorporate. Add flour and stir until just combined. Set aside.
Make the Gingerbread Muffin
Preheat oven to 375 Degrees F. Line 12 standard muffins tins with paper liners. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger.
In a separate bowl, whisk together brown sugar, egg and milk. Slowly add wet ingredients into the dry and stir until barely incorporated. Finally stir in molasses and butter and mix to combine. Don't over mix. It's okay if some lumps remain.
Evenly divide batter between the 12 muffin liners. Set aside.
Make the cream cheese filling
In a small bowl beat cream cheese until creamy and smooth. Mix in the egg, sugar and vanilla and beat until well combined. Pour mixture into a pastry bag or plastic zip lock bag if you don't have a pastry bag. If using a disposable pastry bag cut the tip of the bag. Insert the tip of the bag into one of the muffins and squeeze about two tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture into the gingerbread batter. ( It's a little tricky to know how much is going in so it's kind of a guesstimate...you will see the muffin grow as you fill it. You can go back and add more to some that you think you may not have added enough to at the end. I did have a little bit of the cream cheese mixture left over but some of mine probably could have used more) Continue until all 12 muffins are filled.
Top with the streusel topping and bake for 20-24 minutes. They will be done when the cream cheese filling has just set and is not jiggly any longer. Mine came out perfectly at 22 minutes. I would check after the 20 minute mark so they do not get over baked. Remove and let cool for 10 minutes. Once cooled remove each muffing from the tin and place on the serving plate.
Make the icing
In a small bowl beat cream and confectioner sugar until well combined. Drizzle over the tops of cooled muffins.