Cranberry & Cream Cheese Muffins

These sweet muffins have a beautifully creamy middle and go brilliantly with a cup of tea

• Cooking Time Prep 10 mins
  Cook 30 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Makes 12

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  230

• Protein

  3g

• Carbs

  36g

• Fat

  9g

• Saturates

  2g

• Fibre

  1g

• Sugar

  23g

• Salt

  0.33g

Ingredients

• 100g soft cheese
• 250g caster sugar
• 175g cranberries
• 200g plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 eggs
• 75ml flavourless oil, such as sunflower
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases. Beat the soft cheese with 25g of the sugar and chill until needed. Heat the cranberries together with another 25g of sugar until they start to pop. Mash lightly and cool.
2. Sift the flour into a large bowl and add the remaining sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Add the eggs, oil, vanilla and cranberry mixture, and stir together. Don't worry if the mix looks a bit lumpy. Divide it between the cases, they should look about two-thirds full. Make a small dip in the centre of each and put a blob of soft cheese in. Bake for 25 mins or until risen and golden. Cool on a wire rack.

Categories: All Christmas, Cakes & Baking