{"id":2497,"date":"2015-07-30T06:27:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T11:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livewellbakeoften.com\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2018-06-09T17:36:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T22:36:42","slug":"cream-cheese-filled-zucchini-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livewellbakeoften.com\/cream-cheese-filled-zucchini-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Cream Cheese-Filled Zucchini Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweet and moist zucchini muffins with a cream cheese filling.  These cream cheese-filled zucchini muffins are perfect for breakfast or dessert!<\/i><\/p>\n

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As a kid, I was a very picky eater.  No matter how hard my mother tried to get me to eat vegetables, I absolutely refused for them to be anywhere near my plate.  Fast forward over twenty years later and I’ve grown to really love certain vegetables.<\/p>\n

The first vegetable I found out I really loved?  Zucchini.<\/p>\n

If I’m being honest the first time I tried it was in zucchini bread, but you have to start somewhere..  Right?<\/p>\n

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I actually do eat zucchini in healthier ways now and I love to cook some to serve alongside dinner.  But, I absolutely love baking with it too.  Not only does it make some seriously delicious muffins or bread, it adds so much moisture too!<\/p>\n

So when I had the idea to make some zucchini muffins, I decided to do things a little different and add a cream cheese filling to it too.  I have to say, it was a really great decision because these muffins turn out amazing!<\/p>\n

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These muffins are perfectly sweet and easy to whip up too.  The cream cheese filling consists of cream cheese, egg yolk, sugar, and a little vanilla extract.  It’s almost like a cheesecake filling inside of the muffin and it is soooooo good.<\/p>\n

Once you make your batter, just spoon half of it into the muffin pan, top with the filling, then spoon the other half of the batter on top.<\/p>\n

Easy enough, right?<\/p>\n

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These muffins bake up in about 20-25 minutes, mine were perfect right at 22 minutes.  I baked two batches of these a couple weekends ago and sent some with Josh’s friends.  Everyone loved them and I guarantee you will too!  Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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