Ingredients

• 5.5 cups - maida
• 2 tbsp - baking powder
• 3/4 tsp - salt
• 2 - large eggs, beaten
• 2.5 cups - milk
• 1 cup - brown sugar
• 2/3 cups - melted butter
• 1 tsp - lemon peel, grated
• 1/2 tsp - almond extract
• 8 oz - cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup - powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup - seedless strawberry jam
• 1/4 cup - sugar

How to Make Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins

• Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.
• Grease 24 regular size muffin pans with vegetable spray or use paper muffin cups.
• In a large mixing bowl, blend flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In another large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, brown sugar, melted butter, lemon peel and almond extract until mixed well and set aside.
• Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together in a small bowl.
• Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients and mix only until blended. Do not over mix, it makes tough muffins.
• Spoon about 1/3 muffin batter in pans, plop about a tbsp of cream cheese batter on top and then a tsp of jam on top of that.
• Add enough muffin batter to fill cups 3/4 full.
• Sprinkle a little sugar on top of muffins before baking.
• Bake for 20-25 mins at 350 degrees centigrade till muffins are light golden brown in colour and spring back when you touch them.
• Remove from pan and cool completely before storing them in a tight-fitting container.
• Enjoy your strawberry muffins with a dollop of butter or some more strawberry jam.