Description
Soft, fluffy muffins made with sweet potato and nutty brown butter, filled with a creamy cheese center and topped with a crunchy pecan streusel.
Ingredients
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup salted butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 1/3 cups sweet potato purée
1/3 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
250 g cream cheese, room temperature
1/4 cup granulated sugar
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
3 tbsp salted butter, softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F and line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
- Brown the butter in a saucepan over medium heat until golden and nutty, then let cool slightly.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a bowl.
- In a large bowl, mix brown sugar, eggs, sweet potato purée, yogurt, vanilla, and brown butter until smooth.
- Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients until just combined.
- Beat cream cheese, granulated sugar, and a pinch of salt until smooth.
- Mix pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and softened butter to form a crumbly streusel.
- Fill muffin cups halfway with batter, add cream cheese filling, then top with more batter.
- Sprinkle streusel over each muffin.
- Bake for 5 minutes at 425°F, then reduce to 350°F and bake for 13–17 minutes until done.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack and serve.
Notes
Substitute walnuts for pecans if desired.
Add white chocolate chips for extra sweetness.
Enhance spice with nutmeg or ginger.
Store in refrigerator for 4–5 days due to cream cheese filling.
Reheat in microwave for 10–15 seconds or warm in oven.
Freeze up to 2 months; thaw overnight before reheating.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 399 kcal
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 320 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 48 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg
