Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Name: Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American,
Ingredients: 1 package (2-layer size) yellow cake mix divided; 1 cup canned pumpkin; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 tbsp McCormick® Pumpkin Pie Spice; 3 tsps McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract divided; 4 oz (1/2 package) cream cheese softened; 1 tbsp sugar

These easy muffins start with a cake mix and canned pumpkin. Like the popular coffeehouse pumpkin muffins, these have a dollop of sweet cream cheese baked in.

15m

PREP TIME

20m

COOK TIME

204

CALORIES

7

INGREDIENTS

Servings: 16 (1 muffin)

Ingredients

1 package (2-layer size) yellow cake mix, divided
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon McCormick® Pumpkin Pie Spice
3 teaspoons McCormick® All Natural Pure Vanilla Extract, divided
4 ounces (1/2 package) cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon sugar

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the dry cake mix for the filling. Set aside. Mix remaining cake mix, pumpkin, oil, pumpkin pie spice and 2 teaspoons of the vanilla in large bowl with wooden spoon until well blended.
2 Divide batter evenly among 16 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full. Mix reserved cake mix, cream cheese, sugar and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla in medium bowl until well blended and smooth. Place 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture in center of each muffin.
3 Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center of muffin comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.