These streusel-topped blueberry cream cheese muffins are super soft, packed with plump blueberries, and filled with a cream cheese surprise.
On Saturday, Zach and I went (with my parents) to the tasting for our wedding food and cake.
Why they called it a tasting, I’m not entirely sure, because it was SO much more than just that. We were fed enough food that we each basically had an incredibly filling (incredibly tasty) four course meal.
Fortunately, I had asked to taste their crab dip. I expected a tablespoon-sized sampling. Instead, we ended up with a serving dish heaped with the stuff. Yum.
Delicious, but expensive. TBD whether crab dip ends up among our appetizers or not.
The caterer provided us with so much food that between the crab dip and “tasting” the entrees, Zach didn’t have room to try the cake. Didn’t have room!? I managed to sample a healthy portion of all six slices they brought out myself, thank-you-very-much.
The boy just doesn’t have the same kind of sweet tooth I do. I don’t know how we’re going to make this marriage work with this kind of incompatibility, but I’m going to give it my best shot 😉 .
Much unlike my fiance, I am a sugar fiend.
I am also a cream cheese fiend.
I want it in EVERYTHING I eat (pretty sure there was some in that crab dip).
So when I was craving some blueberry muffins and I reached in the fridge for the butter and saw a package of unopened cream cheese, I knew what had to be done.
These muffins are made extra light and fluffy thanks to a higher egg-white to yolk ratio. This slightly counters their denser, cream cheese and streusel laden muffin-tops. Like I said, I like cream cheese a lot, so I opted to swirl the cream cheese layer just over the top of muffins rather than diluting it by spreading it through the entire base. This, in turn, is topped with a very light (but very essential) simple streusel topping.
If my reception was in the morning, these blueberry cream cheese muffins would definitely be on the menu.
Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins
Ingredients
Muffins
- 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter that has been allowed to cool to room temperature 1 stick
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg + 2 egg whites
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups blueberries
Cream Cheese Topping
- 8 oz cream cheese softened, 1 package
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
StreuselTopping
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp cold butter
Instructions
Muffins
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- In medium bowl, combine melted, cooled butter, sugar, and vanilla. Stir well.
- Add in egg whites and egg, being sure to beat the eggs in well.
- Add milk and stir.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
- Gently fold the flour mixture into the wet ingredients (it will take approximately 12 folds of your spatula to properly mix the batter without over-mixing. Once you have done the 9th fold, add in your blueberries and continue to fold in.
- Pour batter into muffin cups, filling 3/4 full.
Cream Cheese Topping
- In a separate bowl, cream together cream cheese, granulated sugar and vanilla, until smooth.
- Portion about 1Tbsp of cream cheese mixture onto the top of each unbaked muffin (~1Tbsp per muffin). Use a butter knife to gently cut in/swirl the cream cheese mixture. The mixture should not be swirled all the way through the muffin, but just through the muffin-top.
Streusel topping
- In another medium sized bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter using pastry knife.
- Evenly sprinkle streusel over each muffin.
- Bake on 350 degrees F for about 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center (and not through blueberry) comes out mostly clean.
Nutrition
Jane
Thank you for your wonderful recipes, Sam! I am trying the Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins, and my next Chocolate Chip Cookies will be with your recipes – they are all delightful, it seems to me!
Sam
I am so glad you enjoyed the muffins, Jane! I think you are going to love the cookies. 🙂
Ulin
Thank you for this wonderful recipe. I love it… the combination of blueberry, sweetness cake, richness creamy cream cheese with streusel topping just amazing…. never thought of it..
Sam
I’m so glad you enjoyed it so much! The streusel is by far my favorite part. 🙂
Jenny Denman
Can you use frozen blueberries and if so do I thaw them?
Sam
Yes you can and I never thaw them before using. Enjoy! 🙂
Dominique Harrell
These are amazing. Thank younger this recipe. I was wondering if we should refrigerate the muffins that are leftover because of the cream cheese part?
Sam
Hi Dominique! If I’m not eating them all within a day or two I will usually refrigerate in an airtight container. I’m so glad you enjoyed them! 🙂
Jenny Denman
Can I use frozen blueberries, or do I thaw them completely
Sam
Hi Jenny! You can use frozen blueberries. 🙂
Rocio
I made this recipe (half of the muffins with cream cheese and half without it as my daughter is quite fuzzy). They were absolutely lovely (both versions!). They were devoured in 24 hours, big success!!!! I had some troubles with the streusel as I did not have a pastry knife, but not a major problem. Thank you very much!!! Thinking of making them again tomorrow…
Sam
I am so glad everyone enjoyed them so much, Rocio! 🙂
Tina L Paul
I’ve been looking for years for the best blueberry muffin recipe. This is the one!! All others were bland with no flavor and not sweet enough.
This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing!!
Sam
I am so glad you enjoyed them so much, Tina! 🙂
Trisha Mann
Can I substitute Buttermilk instead of milk? Will that make it fluffier?
Sam
Hi Trisha! You don’t need buttermilk here. It won’t make the muffins any fluffier.
Lori
I made this last night and this is a win with kids and husband. Definitely making more of these. Is there a way this can be made into gluten free?
Sam
Hi Lori! I am so glad you enjoyed them so much! I am not sure how to go about making them gluten free, maybe someone else will be able to chime in. 🙂
Sheri
Just made these. Replaced half of white flour with whole wheat flour, added tsp of nutmeg to batter, added rolled oats and cinnamon to the streusel. Unbelievably good! Had to force myself not to eat more than one. Thanks, this will be a regular!
Sam
I’m so glad you enjoyed them so much! I’m impressed with your restraint. 🙂
Irene
I’ve made them gluten free with bobs red mill 1 to 1 baking flour and they turned out divine! 😋 I wasn’t sure if they would turn out hard so I also used rice malt syrup for the muffin part instead of the granulated sugar. Very soft and fluffy 👌
Christy St. Michael
I woke up today with the daydream of blueberry cheesecake muffins! So thankful I found your recipe. They were absolutely divine. My oldest daughter hates blueberry muffins and she devoured hers! Thank you for sharing! We will definitely make again. ❤️
Sam
I am so glad everyone enjoyed them so much, Christy! 🙂