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You Absolutely Have Got to Make These Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins

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Whether for your next birthday party or a sweet break at work: These lemon cream cheese muffins will make you happy.

3 lemon cream cheese muffins with icing on a plate, surrounded by a few lemons and cinnamon sticks.
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Beware, this small cake carries a big flavor. For us, every day is a good day when it invovles these lemon cream cheese muffins. At once they are wonderfully tangy, easy to make, and as all good things: perfect for sharing. Whether at the office or picnic, these little bites are always a delight.

Recipe for Lemon Cream Cheese Muffins: Simple Steps for Big Results

A lot of the reason why we love muffins is because of how much they do with so little. With just a bit of sweat involved, a dozen lemon cream cheese are sure to satisfy a crowd with aplomb. Really that’s reason enough for us to make them. These sunny snacks are sure to brighten up any occasion, whether an at-home brunch, office party, or next meeting among friends.

What’s great about this recipe, is that a little bit goes a long way. The instructions are no fuss and ingredients easy to find in just about any local grocer. Ready in just under an hour, including prep time, the credo of these muffins might as well be ‘More bang for your buck’!

As indicated by the name, lemons provide the muffin’s flavor backbone. Here, we opt for organic lemons when making our lemon cream cheese muffins. The reasoning behind this is because of the recipe’s heavy use of zest, derived from the lemon peel. Opting for organic means circumventing produce that has been heavily treated with harmful pesticides.

Similarly, when baking lemon cream cheese muffins, we prefer to reach for the muffin tin. This is all in the pursuit of sustainability and avoiding one-use products, like paper muffin liners. If convenience is high on your list, silicone molds are also multi-use, but dishwasher-friendly.

In the mood for more? Then, boy, do we have you covered. Check out our take on healthy breakfast muffins and our ever-innovative cruffins. If you are looking to go one-step further into flavor experimentation, then you have got to try our pizza muffins.

LEMON CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Bake time: 25 minutes
  • Total time: 40 minutes

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 organic lemons
  • 1 stick of unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 2/3 cup cream cheese, softened
  • 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. After washing your lemons, zest and juice them.
  2. Cream the butter with the sugar and vanilla extract until light fluffy.
  3. Stir in the eggs one at time.
  4. Mix in the cream cheese, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
  5. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Sift the mixture over the wet ingredients and mix quickly until a smooth batter forms.
  6. Divide the batter among 12 muffin cups or a greased muffin tin and bake for 20-25 minutes at 350°F.