Low Fat Chocolate Cheesecake Muffins Food

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and 2 Tbsp sugar until light and fluffy.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour,1/2 cup sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
• Make a well in centre of dry ingredients.
• Combine egg, milk and oil.
• Add all at once to dry ingredients stirring just until moistened.
• (batter should be lumpy) Spoon about 2 Tbsp of batter into each greased muffin tray.
• Drop 1 tsp of cream cheese mixture on top and then more of the chocolate batter.
• Bake 375F degrees for 20 minutes.

LOW-FAT CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with vegetable spray.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, cocoa, yogurt, oil, vanilla and egg.
• In another bowl, stir together flour and baking powder. Stir the mixture into the cocoa mixture just until everything is combined. Divide half of the batter among the prepared muffin cups.
• In a food processor or using electric beaters, beat cream cheese, ricotta cheese and icing sugar until the mixture is smooth. Divide the cheese among the muffin cups. Top with the remaining batter.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a tester inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out dry.

CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and cocoa powder in large bowl, set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350ºF; grease muffin tins.
• In small bowl, make filling: beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar, almond extract and cornstarch until uniformly fluffy - set aside.
• In separate bowl, beat together milk, egg, oil and extract.
• Add milk mix to flour mix. Mix just until you no longer see any dry bits in the batter.
• Fill the bottoms of muffin cups with approximately 2 Tablespoons batter (about 1/3 full). Dab a spoonful of cream cheese filling in middle of each muffin cup, making sure filling isn't touching any of the sides. Cover up cream cheese with rest of batter, filling muffin cups until they are 3/4 full. Work as quickly as you can, so cream cheese doesn't sink to bottom.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MUFFINS (LOW-FAT)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400.
• Sift the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• Add the chocolate chips and stir to combine.
• Whisk the wet ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Pour into the dry mixture.
• Stir just until mixed.
• Do not overstir.
• Spoon the batter into a greased or papered muffin tin.
• Fill each cup nearly to the top.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Cool the muffins at least 10 minutes before removing from the tin.

LOW-FAT CHOCOLATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients.
• Stir in yogurt, milk and vanilla just until moistened.
• Coat muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray; fill two-thirds full.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack; dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

LOW-FAT CHOCOLATE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Stir in the yogurt, milk and vanilla just until moistened. Coat muffin cups with cooking spray; fill two-thirds full. , Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack; sprinkle with confectioners' sugar if desired.