Struesel Blueberry Muffins

Submitted By: TracyJean11

These are super yummy! I've made them with a little less sugar, and used applesauce instead of oil to make them a little healthier, but they're best like this.

Muffins:
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
approx. 1/3 cup milk
1 pint fresh blueberries

Topping (approximate measurements):
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup butter, softened but not melted
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Combine flour, white sugar, salt, and baking powder. Pour vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Stir into flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Pour into greased or lined muffin tins, almost to the top. Mix the topping ingredients together, and sprinkle on top of the muffins. Bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes.

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Almost-Like-Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Submitted By: Mrs.LinZL

3 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ground cloves (I omitted)
4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Pinch of cardamom (optional) (I omitted)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
2 cups canned pumpkin
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
8 oz package cream cheese***
Chopped nuts** (walnuts, pecans) (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Mix ingredients together except cream cheese and nuts. Fill muffin tins (greased or paper cups) half full. Put 1-2 tsp cream cheese in the middle, pressing down. Sprinkle with 1 tsp chopped nuts. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean from the muffin part (do not touch the cream cheese!). Let cool in pans for 5 minutes, then remove to racks to cool completely. Do not touch the cream cheese until it cools, as it is very very hot.

Makes 24 muffins.

Put the entire tub or brick of cream cheese on a piece of tin foil, and shape it into a long log. Put it in the freezer while you mix and fill the pans, up to an hour. Unwrap and cut with a sharp knife. If the disks are too big around, cut thick slices and then cut them in half. This keeps the cream cheese in one big lump, and also lets you push it down into the batter.

**Starbucks uses chopped pumpkin seeds, which are very good if you can find them.

***Mix the cream cheese with a 1/2 c powdered sugar and 1 tsp of vanilla, place on plastic wrap and roll up (kinda like a thin version of a roll of cookie dough.)

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