Cheese-Topped Pumpkin Muffins

Recipe from Pinch of Love

1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
¾ cup All-Purpose Flour
½ cup Cane Sugar (can use regular sugar too)
3 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup canned pumpkin
½ cup milk
¼ cup oil
2 egg whites
4 oz cream cheese (from an 8 oz pkg) cut into 12 cubes
2 Tblsp brown sugar


1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray or line muffin cups with paper baking cups and spray cups with non-stick spray.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt; mix well.
3. In a small bowl, combine pumpkin, milk, oil, and egg whites; blend well. Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Press 1 cube cream cheese into center of each muffin. Top each with ½ tsp brown sugar.
4. Bake at 400 degrees for 14-18 mins or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean (but not into cream cheese.) Immediately remove from pan, serve warm. Store in fridge.