Saturday, August 25, 2012

Wild-Berry Oatmeal Cheesecake Muffins

What You Need

1
cup  old-fashioned oats
1
cup  buttermilk
1
pkg.  (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4
cup  granulated sugar
3
Tbsp.  orange zest
1
cup  flour
3/4
cup  packed brown sugar
1
tsp.  CALUMET Baking Powder
1/2
tsp.  baking soda
1/2
tsp.  salt
1
 egg, beaten
1/4
cup  butter, melted
1
cup  fresh or frozen mixed berries

Make It

HEAT oven to 350ºF.
COMBINE oats and buttermilk in small bowl; let stand 10 min.
MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar and zest with mixer until blended; set aside. Mix flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
ADD egg and butter to oat mixture; stir until well blended. Add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened. Gently stir in berries.
SPOON half the batter evenly into 12 muffin cups lined with extra-large or giant paper liners, filling each liner half full; top each with 2 Tbsp. cream cheese filling. Cover with remaining batter.
BAKE 25 to 27 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.

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