Raspberry Sour Cream Muffins
Streusel Topping:
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Muffins:
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp. almond extract
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sour cream, room temperature
3 oz. Cream Cheese, cut into 16 pieces
1 cup fresh or frozen (dry pack) raspberries, divided
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For Streusel Topping, combine pecans, brown
sugar, flour and butter with a fork until crumbly; set aside.
For Muffins, beat eggs in large bowl with electric mixer;
gradually add sugar. With mixer running pour in vegetable
oil and almond extract, blending until smooth. In separate
bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking
soda. Add flour mixture to egg mixture, alternating with
the sour cream; blend until smooth. Set aside. Pat each
cream cheese piece into a disk the size of a quarter. Spoon
one generous Tbsp. batter into bottom of muffin tins. Divide
half of raspberries equally among muffin cups. Top each
muffin cup with a cream cheese disk. Divide remaining batter
among muffin cups, spooning over the cream cheese. Top with
remaining equally divided raspberries. Sprinkle each muffin
with streusel topping. Bake at 375° F for 20 to 25 minutes.
Let stand for 5 minutes in tins on cooling rack. Remove
from tins to rack to cool completely. Serves 16.
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