Hello from Upstate New York, where I’m currently up to my ears in chocolate eggs, chocolate candy, and chocolate bunnies (never a bad situation in which to find oneself). With a very large and very Italian extended family, food is always plentiful when we get together.
On Saturday morning, figuring it’d be a good idea to make something light before the onslaught of homemade Easter pies upon out kitchen table, I came up with these simple strawberry cream cheese muffins:
I made a triple batch, and not a single muffin is left. 🙂
Then again, there are a lot of us…
Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins
Adapted from Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins
- 2 loosely-packed cups diced strawberries (240g)
- 1/4 cup milk of choice (60g)
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract (6g)
- 1 tbsp white or apple cider vinegar (15g)
- 3 tbsp coconut or vegetable oil (30g)
- 2 cups spelt flour (250g)
- 1/2 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sugar of choice or xylitol (95g)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- pinch pure stevia, or 2 extra tbsp sugar of choice
- 1 more loosely-packed cup diced strawberries (120g)
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F, and line a muffin tin with 12 liners. Blend first 5 ingredients in a blender or food processor until completely smooth. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine all remaining ingredients. except the extra cup of strawberries, and stir very well. Pour the contents of the blender into the dry ingredients and stir until evenly mixed (don’t over-beat). Finally, add the last cup of strawberries and stir them in gently so that they remain mostly intact. Pour into the 12 cupcake liners and put in the oven. Immediately change the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Bake 22 minutes, or until muffins have domed and a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool 10 minutes before removing from the muffin tin. Using a spoon, hollow out a piece from the center of each muffin, and fill with about a tbsp of Healthy Cream Cheese Frosting or filling of your choice.
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These look delicious, and can I creepily say you look fantastic! Healthy and glowing.
Katie, these look so good!! At my workplace, we’ve been selling “Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins” . . . let’s just say, they’re 1) not vegan, 2) filled with garbage ingredients, and 3) look fake, so I have no desire to try them. YOUR strawberry cream cheese muffin, on the other hand, looks FANTASTIC!!! 😀 I must make these . . .
I must say, thank you so much for catering to a variety of diets/sensitivities. I’ve realized lately that wheat products seem to be what cause me to have severe stomach pain (I haven’t gotten tested for Celiac/gluten intolerance because I haven’t had time yet, but I’m pretty sure that I have one of those things – it’s probably not normal to feel like you’ve eaten knives after having a bite of bread!!).
On a final note: You look like a knockout – your shape is to die for, and you look positively beautiful. 🙂
Hello dear! I am totally in love with your posts. Gorgeous and delicious recipes!
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Thanks doll and have a great day!
The recipe looks delicious but I had to comment because you look fantastic!!!
It really makes me sad to think of all those girls and women who starve themselves to death this very moment. Every eighth person suffering from an eating disorders dies and leaves behind extremely sad family members and friends (besides their own grief they must have suffered before). Clearly, this is no issue which should be reinforced by unreflecting comments some anonymous blog-reader wrote without considering their potential impact.
Always being slender but never skinny, I lost some weight due to physical health issues some years ago. People were bitching about me being underweight. When I finally put on weight again until having normal weight, they where still bitching. Although never having had body image or eating disorders, it was still hard to stand all these comments and looks. Well, let them go ahead.
The love, respect and appreciation I have for my friends, family members and all other people who accompany and enrich my life is independent of their size. Ironically, these are things a low weight will never safeguard you.
You and your whole family looks beautiful!! So radiant! And these muffins look so good, oh my gosh.
Wow, Katie, you look gorgeous! You’ve always been stunningly beautiful, but now you also look like a sexy woman!
Oh wow. I love strawberries, but have never had them in muffin form… I definitely have to make these. Yum!
Hello Gorgeous!
These muffins look soooo yummy!!! I have a couple questions though…can I use a liquid sweetener as my sugar of choice? Also, would this recipe work with frozen strawberries?? Would the bake time need to be adjusted if so?
Thank You <3
Great looking family! You are beautiful! Enjoy your time in New York! These cupcakes look fabulous, thanks for sharing.
You are sooooo beautiful Katie, truly! Has anyone ever told you that you look like this girl from Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4464857/?ref_=tt_cl_t6
Your extended family really isn’t that big considering the pic included grand kids AND great grand kids!
Can any other flour be substituted (such as almond or coconut flour)?
Just made this after strawberry picking with my family. This muffin is loaded with strawberry flavor and so delicious even without the cream cheese filling. I just topped it with sour cream because I do not have the ingredients for the cream cheese frosting.
Oh my goodness!!!! Never have I thought to combine cream cheese and strawberries in a muffin!!! I need to make this ASAP
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Cream cheese frosting *sigh*