Coffee cake in muffin form?

Serve these individual sweet cakes up for brunch or share with a friend for a tasty gift.

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A surprise pocket of cream cheese tucked inside theseblueberry muffinsbalances the sweet streusel topping and juicy berries.

Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Muffins

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This take on classiccoffee cakemakes an ideal weekday breakfast or thoughtful food gift.

Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffin Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make the cream cheeseblueberry muffins.

Store in refrigerator up to 3 days or freeze up to 3 months.

Muffin tin with cupcake liners

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Line twelve 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with paper bake cups.

In a small bowl beat cream cheese, one of the eggs, 3 Tbsp.

granulated sugar, and 1/2 tsp.

Wet ingredients in a bowl with a mixer for Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Muffins

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of the vanilla with a mixer on low to medium until light and fluffy.

In a large bowl stir together next five ingredients (through salt).

Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Dry ingredients in a bowl with butter slats for Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Muffins

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Make a well in center of flour mixture.

In a medium bowl whisk together remaining egg and 1 tsp.

vanilla, and buttermilk.

Batter in a bowl for Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Muffins

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Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture.

Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).

Spoon about 1 1/2 Tbsp.

Cupcake pan filled with pastry dough

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of the blueberry batter into each prepared muffin cup.

Top each with 1 rounded Tbsp.

Divide remaining blueberry batter among cups.

Cupcake pan with muffin batter

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Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in muffin cups on a wire rack 5 minutes.

Remove; serve warm or at room temperature.

Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake Muffins

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In a medium bowl combine flour, brown sugar, and salt.

Toss in melted butter until moistened.

2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Coffee cake crumble in a bowl

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