Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins

Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins

from omgchocolatedesserts.com
40 min
12 servings

Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins is an easy recipe for moist lemon infused muffins with a crunchy streusel crumb topping, filled with cream cheese

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter-melted
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter-softened
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract
  • 2/3 cup Greek yogurt
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • 8 oz. cream cheese-room temperature
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¾ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ -2 ½ teaspoons lemon juice

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 425 F, line 12 count cupcake pan with paper liners ad set aside.

  2. 2

    To make the crumb topping, stir together flour, sugar, brown sugar, and salt. Add melted butter and whisk with a fork until coarse crumbs form. Set aside.

  3. 3

    To make the lemon muffins mixture whisk dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt) and set aside.

  4. 4

    In a large bowl mix softened butter and sugar for about 2 minutes at high speed. Add eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, and lemon extract and mix for 2 more minutes. Add Greek yogurt and lemon juice and mix just to combine. Running your mixer on low, mix in dry ingredients.

  5. 5

    To make the cream cheese filling, mix softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla just to combine.

  6. 6

    To assemble the muffins add 1 heaping Tablespoon of muffin mixture in each cup. Drop 1 Tablespoon of cream cheese mixture in the center of each muffin. Cover cream cheese filling with muffin mixture, filling each cup about 2/3 to ¾ full.

  7. 7

    Generously top each muffin with streusel crumbs.

  8. 8

    Place in preheated oven and reduce the temperature to 350 F. Bake 22-25 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and the center has set.

  9. 9

    Cool 5-10 minutes in the pan, then transfer the muffins on a rack to cool completely.

  10. 10

    Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Stir powdered sugar with lemon juice. Start with 1 teaspoon of the juice and gradually add more until desired consistency has reached. Drizzle over muffins and serve.