7 Sweets for Santa: Mixed Berry Cream Cheese Muffins
PIN IT!Many people don’t realize, by the time Santa is nearly done with his route, it’s the morning of December 25th! With a long night of work under his belt and about 5 million cookies, Santa is in dire need of a healthy breakfast! Now, since one can’t travel in a sleigh across the globe with scrambled eggs, how about make him a tasty, yet healthy, muffin? Mixed berries, cream cheese and pecans give these muffins a sweet flavor with plenty of protein! Santa will be thanking you with when he gets that extra jolt to get home! Original recipe is from Cooking Light, however, I made some changes!
Mixed Berry Cream Cheese Muffins
What You’ll Need:
- 2/3 cup of fat free cream cheese
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 2 cups frozen mixed berries
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
How To Make Them:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix butter and cream cheese together in a medium bowl until creamed. Add sugar and mix until creamy.
- Mix egg, egg whites and vanilla into butter mixture.
- Fold flour, salt, buttermilk, baking powder and baking soda into mixture. After mixed, fold berries and pecans until mixture is fully blended.
- Pour batter into a greased muffin/cupcake pan. Bake for 25 minutes.
Nutritional Information per muffin: 160 calories, 8 grams of fat, 5 grams of protein and 2.6 grams of fiber.
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