What a delicious way to break in my kitchen after being out of town for almost two weeks! These Raspberry Cream Cheese Muffins are fabulous. They’re sweet and fluffy and chock full of tart raspberries. Yum. I imagine these would be delicious with blueberries or strawberries as well. When my alarm goes off in the morning, I generally press snooze until the last possible minute that I feel I can get up and still make it to work on time. Needless to say, this strategy doesn’t leave a lot of time to make breakfast. These muffins are perfect because they’re easy to make ahead and just grab on-the-go in the morning, maybe with a banana or a side of fruit for a full breakfast. To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
These moist, sweet Raspberry Cream Cheese Muffins make a great breakfast!
Yield: 24muffins
Ingredients
5oz1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened
3tablespoonsbutter, softened
3tablespoonsunsweetened applesauce
1 ½cupssugar
1 ½teaspoonsvanilla extract
2large egg whites
1large egg
1cupall-purpose flour
1cupwhite whole wheat flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
¼teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonsalt
½cuplow-fat buttermilk
2cupsraspberries
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350. Line 24 muffin cups with cupcake liners.
In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, butter and applesauce and beat with a mixer until blended. Add sugar and beat until combined. Add vanilla, eggs and egg whites and beat until blended.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour (lightly spoon into measuring cups and then level with a knife), baking soda, baking powder and salt and stir together. In the bowl containing the wet ingredients, use the mixer on a low speed while pouring in the flour mixture and the buttermilk. Beat until blended. Add raspberries and fold in gently.
Spoon the batter evenly into the liners. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Notes
To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!NUTRITION INFORMATION:121 calories, 21 g carbs, 14 g sugars, 3 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 3 g protein, 2 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)MyWW SmartPoints per (1 muffin) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Green: 6 SmartPoints/ Blue: 5 SmartPoints/ Purple: 5 SmartPointsWeight Watchers Points Plus: 3 per muffin (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)adapted from Cooking Light