Chocolate Cheesecake Muffins

Agate Cove Recipes : Chocolate Cheesecake Muffins

This recipe yields a dozen muffins, and people will be pleasantly surprised when they bite into the middle.

Dry Ingredients
1 cup	white flour
1/2 cup	sugar
3 Tbsp	unsweetened cocoa
2 tsp	baking powder
1/2 tsp	salt
1/2 cup	chocolate chips

Wet Ingredients
1	egg, beaten
3/4 cup	milk
1/3 cup	canola oil

Filling
8 oz	cream cheese
2 Tbsp	sugar

Directions
Mix the dry ingredients and set aside. In a small bowl, blend the cream cheese and the granulated sugar until fluffy. Set aside. (Optional: add ½ cup chopped walnuts.) Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients all at once to the dry mixture, stirring until moistened. Batter should be lumpy. Fill muffin cup with 2 Tbsp batter. Spoon in 1 tsp of the cream cheese mixture, then fill each muffin cup three-quarters-full with batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar if desired.

Last Revised: 12-Aug-2005