Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins

<p>Although I love the snow and snow storms, all this gloom and muck has really been tough for me in terms of picture taking.  There is no natural light!  And when my little camera gets boosted into 800-1600 ISO range, I lose all clarity.  

So please.  Forgive me in advance.

I need to figure out what my 'winter' options are. 

Moving on.

I made these this weekend.

I am in love with them.  I ended up having about 18 muffins, and my little family of five ate them all by noon.

Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins

(I had the recipe on my screen when the power went out Saturday, and now I cannot find it anywhere!  If you happen to recognize it, please let me know so I can credit the source... I modified the sugar content, the vanilla amount, and the oil type...thanks!)

Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins

1 egg

3/4 cup milk

1/2 cup canola oil

2 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

3 tablespoons baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

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4 oz. cream cheese

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 egg

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1 pint fresh blueberries

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and egg until well combined.  Set aside.

In a separate bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Slightly beat egg, then add milk and oil.  Mix until combined.  Add wet mixture to dry, and mix until incorporated.

Add cream cheese mixture to batter.  Combine.

Take 1 pint blueberries and drop 1 tablespoon flour onto them.  Try to coat blueberries in flour, this will help them to not fall to the bottom of your muffin.

Gently add blueberries and stir in until they are spread evenly throughout batter.

Place your muffin batter in prepared pans (I filled them a good 3/4 full) and bake for 15-18 minutes.

Optional: You can lightly dust muffins with powder sugar.

You should make them.  You will love them.  Your family will love them.  And you kids will do chores to earn more of them.  

Well.  My kids did.  I cant promise yours will.  But there is a high chance they will. ;)

Comments

[Renee (Kudos Kitchen)]

Oh Amanda~I wish I had a few of these right now for my breakfast! You made me very, very hungry.

[Rachel]

Oh goodness - those look delish! And they just might find themselves in my kitchen very very soon :)

[Bethany]

You had me at cream cheese! and kind of blueberries.

You see I 'thought' I had the perfect blueberry muffin recipes. I can whip it out in 5 minutes flat. Everyone who eats them says they are the best they've ever had. (The recipe has even beat a grandma's cooking or two.)

But this, sweet-wonderful, lady from whom all good baked things flow, must be tried. I'm willing to be humbled in the name of cream cheese, which just might be the death of me, and blueberries which just might be my favorite fruit!

and now I'm done gushing and will return to giving my squabbling children some attention.

[the urban baker]

Make no excuses! I love these shots. Maybe it should be gloomy more often! These are Isaac's favorites. Can you send some his way??? xx

[Jessica @ How Sweet]

These muffins look phenomenal!

[Maria]

I have made similar muffins. They are so good! I wish I had one right now! Great photos too:)

[cookbook queen]

These look fabulous! And I realize that I'm no expert, but I think your pictures look great too:

Happy Monday! :)

[Rowaida Flayhan]

These lookis These looks delicious!
love the recipe!

[Renee]

Those look so good! Almost makes me want to go shopping for ingredients :)

[bridget {bake at 350}]

I'm a sucker for muffins....muffins with CREAM CHEESE?!? I'm not sure it gets any better than that!

[marla {family fresh cooking}]

Even with your lack of light you still rock these photos. I can see why these muffins did not last :) xo

[Lori @ RecipeGirl]

I can't bribe my kid w/ anything to do chores. But maybe these muffins will do the trick. I want these.

[Amy from She Wears Many Hats]

Oh me oh my! Yum! Blueberry and cream cheese is a favorite combo.

[ElizaBeth]

Girl, Food Network is going to be calling!

[amanda @ fake ginger]

Mmm, those look fantastic!

[Amanda Rettke]

ElizaBeth you are so funny!!  I totally did not think of this idea... there are a ZILLION recipes for this muffin, I think food network already has half of them!  But thanks for the vote of confidence!! :)

[naomi]

Okay, seriously, if I made these my day would be shot over indulgences from gorging myself on them. These look and sound fantastic!

[Karen]

These look and so sound do good! Thanks for sharing! I almost laughed b/c the way I read it at first was that you had (ate) 18 and left your little family with five! LOL, great laugh to start my day!
PS wish WE had snow!

[Christina]

You had me at cream cheese and blueberries.

I am going to try these right now.

[Shaina]

Yum. Cream cheese and blueberry muffins. So perfect together.

[Paula]

What a tasty treat for breakfast for me! I'll bet the cream cheese makes them extra moist and flavourful. Keep baking them, the kids will do all the chores around the house, both inside and out! LOL

[Kristen]

Delicious - beautiful pics too!

[Jamie M.]

These look so yummy!! I will be making them this week, thanks for sharing!!

[The Lumberjack's Wife]

Delicious!

[Judith Norman]

Looks delicious! You bake so pretty. I'm going to try the recipe. Thanks for sharing. P.S. The photos look good to me.

[Robyn]

Oh my goodness, what a perfect muffin! I think I need these for Thanksgiving morning. Awwww heck, why wait til then.

[Meera]

I think I am going to make these!! They look so great!

[Wenderly]

That cute little muffin would taste mighty fine right now with my ceremonial first cup of coffee. Yum.

[Karen@SurvivingMotherhood]

Oh, Amanda!
You're speaking my language! If I can get my kids to do more chores just so they can eat more muffins - I will make a HUGE batch. *wink*

[Andrea]

Oh my goodness, YUM! I wish I could eat that right now.

I have never heard of that trick of coating the blueberries in flour! That's really neat!

[Jenny]

I made these for the kids' school's bake sale today. They were terrific! Thanks for the recipe!

[dining table]

Love these muffins! They are so nice and beautiful. This really looks so delicious.

[Lyga I]

these muffins are A M A Z I N G !!!! i made them today, and i am never going to try another blueberry muffin recipe ever! this one is the best! thank you