Apricot Cream Cheese Muffins
A light, airy, vanilla muffin, packed full of chopped dried apricots with a little surprise cream cheese center! You are going to love these.....
Servings: 12 Muffins
Calories: 249kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Dried Apricots, Chopped
- 100 g Butter, Melted (½ Cup)
- ¾ Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Cup Natural Yoghurt
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
Cream Cheese Center;
- 125 g Cream Cheese, At room temperature
- ¼ Cup Icing Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Instructions
- Line a muffin tray with muffin cases and preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
- For the Cream Cheese Mixture;
- Beat the cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla extract together until smooth.
- Set aside.
- Chop the apricots into small pieces.
- Place the apricots, brown sugar and warm melted butter in a bowl and let them sit together for 10 minutes.
- Beat the egg, yoghurt and vanilla extract together.
- Mix in the butter mixture.
- Mix in the baking soda.
- Stir in the flour. Do NOT over mix.
- Place around 2 large tablespoons of muffin mixture at the bottom of each muffin case.
- Top with around a teaspoon of cream cheese mixture.
- Top with remaining muffin mixture (around another tablespoon on each) to cover the cream cheese mixture.
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until they are starting to turn golden and spring back to the touch.
- Allow them to cool for 10 minutes in the muffin tin before removing.
Nutrition
Calories: 249kcal