Strawberry-cream Cheese Muffins

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 6 tablespoons butter, unsalted chilled and cut up
• 1 cup chopped strawberry
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, cut into 12 cubes

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400.
• 2 grease bottoms of 12 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• 3 combine flour, 3/4 cup of the sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in medium bowl.
• 4 with pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• 5 stir in strawberries.
• 6 whisk all of buttermilk and egg in small bowl until blended.
• 7 gently stir buttermilk mixture into flour mixture just until combined.
• 8 divide evenly among muffin cups.
• 9 dip cream cheese pieces in 2 tbsp of sugar; place in center of each muffin.
• 10 press cream cheese until until level with batter. (do not cover cream cheese with batter.)
• 11 sprinkle muffins with remaining 1 tbsp sugar.
• 12 bake 20-25 minutes or until light brown and toothpick inserted off center comes out clean (do not put toothpick in cream cheese).
• 13 cool on wire rack 10 minutes.
• 14 remove from pan; serve warm or at room temperature. store in refrigerator.