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Carrot Cheesecake Muffins

SUBMITTED BY: Joyce Brash PHOTO BY: MimiAlea

"With a rich cream cheese filling and flecks of carrots, raisins and nuts, these moist muffins will certainly bring compliments to the cook."
PREP TIME  20 Min
COOK TIME  25 Min
READY IN  45 Min

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INGREDIENTS

  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
  • BATTER:
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup evaporated milk
  • 2 tablespoons orange juice
  • 1 1/4 cups finely grated carrots
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and orange peel until smooth; set aside. In another mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add eggs, milk and orange juice. Fold in the carrots, raisins and walnuts. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Fill greased muffin cups with 2 tablespoons batter. Top each with 2 teaspoons filling; top with remaining batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 23-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Store in the refrigerator.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2006 by JYHICKS
really enjoyable muffin. Made them as instructed except I added some ground ginger and some... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2007 by scotdog98
Really good. Brought them to work today & everyone loved them. I did add a little nutmeg &... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 12, 2008 by CHARITYBOO
Yummy recipe! I would give it 4.5 stars. I used oj concentrate, and 1/2 and 1/2 instead of... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 13, 2007 by Karin
These were great. I found them to be a little dry but that could easily be remedied by upping... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 21, 2007 by claudia
wow! the are wonderful,not too sweet. I made a few changes,I didn't have butter ,so i used... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 17, 2006 by Matthew Goddard
Thanks for this recipe! I followed the instructions exactly and the muffins came out perfect.... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 9, 2008 by MimiAlea
I liked the taste of these pretty well, but had two issues. First, I didn't like them the next... MORE


 
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