Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a muffin tin with paper liners or spray with cooking spray; set aside.

Step 2

For the topping: In a small bowl, stir together flour, sugar cinnamon. Add the cold butter and mix with a fork until the mixture looks like coarse wet sand; Set aside.

Step 3

For the Muffins: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt; set aside.

Step 4

In another bowl, whisk together the egg, canola oil, milk and vanilla extract. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the milk mixture. Stir until just incorporated. (Do not over-mix)

Step 5

For the Cream Cheese Filling: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and sugar together until light and fluffy, about two minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract; set aside.

Step 6

Fill each muffin cup with 1 tablespoon of muffin batter. Add a few pieces of strawberries and a one teaspoon of cream cheese filling to each muffin cup. Sprinkle with half of the streusel topping. Top the muffins with remaining batter so the strawberry cream cheese filling is covered. Sprinkle the remaining strawberries followed by the remaining streusel topping.

Step 7

Bake muffins until the tops are slightly golden brown and toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 22-25 minutes. Cool muffins in muffin tin for 5 minutes before serving. Serve warm.