Cherry Cheesecake Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. sugar
1 large egg
2 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1 large egg
1/4 c. vegetable oil
1 c. cherries (no pits)*

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners or grease muffin cups.
With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 egg until smooth.
Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder and salt.
Add the milk, egg, and oil and stir together just enough to moisten dry ingredients.
Add the cherries and stir together. Spoon the batter into muffin cups, about 1/2 full each.
Spoon a layer of the cream cheese mixture over the batter in each cup. Add spoonfuls of batter on top of the cream cheese layer until 2/3 or more full.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes.
Remove from pan.
Makes 12 muffins.