Shelly's Recipe

CHERRY CHEESECAKE MUFFINS

Category: Muffins

1/3 cup cream cheese
2 tbsp confectioners’ sugar
1/3 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp rated orange rind
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup whole cherry jam
2 tbsp pecans, finely chopped

Preheat oven to 375. Blend cream cheese with sugar. Cream butter and brown sugar; beat in egg and rind. Combine dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, stirring until just blended. Do not over mix. Spoon into large greased muffin tins, filling halfway to top. Add 1 tsp cheese mixture and 1 tsp jam to each and top with remaining batter. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until firm to touch. Remove immediately from tins.