Pumpkin Muffins With Cream Cheese

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 (16 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1 cup canola oil or 1 cup safflower oil
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• pumpkin seeds (optional) or walnuts (optional) or pecans (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 mix dry ingredients together.
• 3 in separate large bowl, beat eggs, add sugar and mix well. add pumpkin puree, oil, molasses and orange juice. mix until smooth.
• 4 fold dry mixture into large bowl. do not over mix.
• 5 cut cream cheese bar into 24 pieces. (keeping cream cheese in freezer while you prepare makes it easier to slice.).
• 6 fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups.
• 7 stick cream cheese into the center.
• 8 sprinkle nuts on top (optional).
• 9 bake about 25 minutes.