Best Cream Cheese Bran Muffins Recipes

HEALTHY PUMPKIN BRAN CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS

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These are my favorite fall/winter muffin. This is a mixture of recipe #204128 and recipe #189156. Delicious! And these are great, full of protein and fibre. You can feel good eating these! Note: if you arent a cheese fan, you may want to use less cheese. Put in how much looks right to your taste. Also, these are not overly sweet so add more sugar if you wish.

Provided by I Cant Believe Its

Categories Lunch/Snacks

Time 1h

Yield 11-12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1/2 cup brown sugar (more for a sweeter muffin)
1 cup all-bran cereal
1 cup skim milk
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin
2 egg whites, beaten
1 3/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 -4 ounces fat free cream cheese or 3 -4 ounces light cream cheese, rolled into small balls
chopped walnuts, to top (optional)
cinnamon sugar, to top

Steps:

Preheat oven to 400°F, and grease 12 standard size muffin cups with cooking spray.
Roll 3-4 ounces cream cheese into little balls (as big as you perfer, and you can roll them in fine sugar if you like, too), and place single layer on wax paper in freezer while preparing rest of recipe.
Mix cereal and milk in a large bowl and set aside for a few minutes to soften.
While softening, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in large bowl.
Whisk pumpkin, egg, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, and vanilla together, then stir in cereal and milk.
Fold wet mixture into dry and add in the cream cheese balls **dont over mix**.
Fill up each muffin cup, sprinkling the tops with additional cinnamon+sugar, and walnuts.
Bake 28-38 minutes and cool on cooling rack. Tastes delish warm, but they also refrigerate and freeze well.
SUGGESTION: Would taste delish with cream cheese icing on top :).

CREAM CHEESE BRAN MUFFINS

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These are really good and so moist. The cream cheese center eliminates the need to add butter to the muffin. -Jeannette Mack, Rushville, New York

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 35m

Yield 1 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 cup All-Bran
1/2 cup 2% milk
1 cup sour cream
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 package (16.6 ounces) date quick bread mix
3 ounces cream cheese

Steps:

In a large bowl, combine cereal and milk; let stand for 10 minutes. Stir in sour cream and egg. Stir in bread mix just until moistened. , Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups about three-fourths full. Cut cream cheese into 12 cubes; gently press one cube into the center of each muffin cup just until covered with batter (cups will be full). , Bake at 400° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 241 calories, Fat 8g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 40mg cholesterol, Sodium 201mg sodium, Carbohydrate 37g carbohydrate (20g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 5g protein.

BANANA/BRAN/CREAM CHEESE MUFFINS

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This recipe makes 30 - 36 muffins. If that's too many, simply freeze the muffins and use as needed. Add to kids' lunch boxes or perfect for after-school snack. How about bridge club social, or just for you to sit, put your feet up, turn on OPRAH, and relax with a cuppa tea, coffee or glass of milk.

Provided by Elaine Radu

Categories Other Snacks

Time 50m

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

1 c granulated sugar
1 c brown sugar
1 c vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 tsp pure vanilla extract (for the muffin batter)
2 c mashed, ripe bananas
3 c natural bran, or bran buds
1 1/2 c buttermilk (if you do not have buttermilk, simply mix 1 tbsp lemon juice to the milk, and set aside)
3 c all purpose flour
3 tsp baking powder
3 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 c dry cranberries, or raisins, or combination of both
FOR the cream cheese filling
1 pkg cream cheese spread, (400 gms) softened to room temperature
1/4 c icing sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Steps:

1. Muffin Tins - Greased or Paper Lined. Preheat oven to 375 C (190C). Hint: Set oven preheat to 385F. Pop the filled tins into the oven; close the door and immediately drop the temperature setting to 375C. In this way, you will not lose any precious baking temperature when you open the oven door,initially.
2. CREAM CHEESE FILLING: Mix together, Cream Cheese, Icing Sugar and 1 tsp vanilla, and set aside for later use.
3. In a bowl, combine the sugars and oil. Beat in eggs, one at a time, the 2 tsp vanilla measure, and mashed bananas; mix well. Add Bran and Milk.
4. In another bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to Banana/Bran mixture.
5. Stir until ingredients are just mixed - do not overmix. Fold in cranberries and/or raisin combination.
6. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tins - 1/3 full
7. Spoon cream cheese mixture, evenly divided, onto batter in muffin tins.
8. Spoon balance of muffin batter onto cream cheese, filling to the top.
9. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until tester comes out clean. You might need an extra 5 minutes, depending on your oven.
10. Allow to cool on racks, in tins for a few minutes. Turn out, and allow muffins to cool completely on racks, before freezing (if you choose). Serve warm, or cool, or however you wish. After your initial taste you will wish to hide the batch for yourself, but by all means, do serve them. Your popularity will increase and your family will bow down in homage to your brilliant kitchen prowess.