Carrot Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins
- 1 (8 ounce) package low-fat cream cheese, softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 (14 ounce) package pumpkin quick bread mix
- 1 cup shredded carrot
- 34 cup skim milk
- 12 cup raisins
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 12 cup chopped pecans
- 3 tablespoons margarine, softened
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium-sixed bowl, beat cream cheese, 1 egg, sugar, and lemon juice until smooth.
- Set aside 1/2 cup of muffin mix for topping.
- Place rest of mix in large bowl.
- Add remaining egg, carrots, milk, raisins, and oil.
- Stir until well-blended.
- Fill each muffin cup with 1/4 of batter.
- Spoon 1 heaping T of cream cheese mixture over top of each muffin.
- In a small bowl, combine reserved muffin mix, pecans, and margarine.
- Mix with fork until crumbly.
- Sprinkle evenly over the cream cheese in each muffin mix.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool muffins in pan for 15 minutes.
- Gently lift muffins out of pan and cool completely.
cream cheese, eggs, sugar, lemon juice, bread mix, carrot, milk, raisins, vegetable oil, pecans, margarine
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/carrot-pumpkin-cheesecake-muffins-387752 (may not work)