Raos Blueberry Cream Cheese Filled Muffins Food

RAO'S BLUEBERRY CREAM CHEESE FILLED MUFFINS

Steps:

• Bring all ingredients to room temperature.
• In a small pan heat the butter over a low heat until melted.
• Increase heat and swirl gently until butter takes on a slightly brown color.
• Add oil, stir and allow to cool slightly while the oven's preheating to 425°F.
• Grease a standard 12 muffin tin, I prefer a medium coat of Crisco.
• Mix filling ingredients in a small bowl and beat at medium speed (a hand mixer is fine) until well combined and creamy, about 2 minutes.
• Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl and whisk to combine.
• Add butter milk to cooled butter, stir and add eggs and vanilla, stir to combine.
• Pour wet mixture into dry mixture, mix with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until the dry ingredients are just moist.
• Don't over mix.
• Fold in blueberries and add spoon into tin, it will yield 12 muffins, so take your time and divide it evenly.
• With two teaspoons (like the ones that you use at the dinner table) create a well in the center of a muffin and place a heaping spoonful of cream cheese in that well.
• Do them one at a time and be sure not to go to the bottom of the muffin.
• Once again there is enough to do all 12 muffins, so take your time and divide it equally.
• Lightly sprinkle just a bit of brown sugar over each muffin.
• Bake for 18-22 minutes, tops will be light brown and a toothpick inserted in the cake part of the muffin will come out clean.
• Muffins should just be starting to pull away from the sides of the tin.
• Allow to cool in pan for 20 minutes on a rack.
• This seems like a long time, but the filling makes these delicate and the extra cooling time allows them to set.
• Once removed from the pans allow the muffins to cool to room temperature on a rack.

BLUEBERRY PIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-inch square pan with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. In a food processor, combine shortbread cookies, sugar, flour and salt and pulse until you have fine crumbs. Add butter and pulse until crumbs are evenly moistened. Transfer mixture into the prepared pan and press down into an even layer. Bake until fragrant and a shade darker, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare filling: In a medium bowl, add cream cheese, 1/4 cup of sugar and 1 egg and mix until smooth. In a separate medium bowl, add blueberries, remaining 1/3 cup sugar, cornstarch and salt, and toss to combine.
• Prepare topping: In a food processor, combine shortbread, flour, salt, baking powder and sugar and pulse to combine. Add butter and egg yolk, and pulse until the mixture is evenly moistened.
• Remove crust from oven and top it evenly with cream cheese mixture and then blueberry mixture. Sprinkle topping over blueberry layer, squeezing to make some larger clumps. Bake until filling is set and no longer jiggly, 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool completely then chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
• To serve, use a sharp knife to release edges. Using parchment overhang, lift and transfer to a cutting board and cut into 16 squares.

CREAM CHEESE-BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease muffin cups with cooking spray or line with paper muffin liners.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together with a sifter into a bowl. Combine sugar, cream cheese, table cream, eggs, and 1/4 cup vegetable oil plus 1 teaspoon vegetable oil in a large bowl.
• Fold flour mixture into sugar mixture until batter is smooth. Stir in blueberries. Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Combine crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and butter. Pat mixture into the bottom of a 9 inch springform pan.
• Mash cream cheese until soft and creamy. Gradually beat in sour cream, 3/4 cup sugar, vanilla and flour. Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Pour mixture into crumb-lined pan. Bake in a preheated 325 degree F (165 degrees C) oven for 1 hour or until firm to the touch.
• Cool and then remove cake from pan by loosening edges with a knife. Place frozen blueberries on top of cake. Melt jelly and spoon over blueberries to glaze. Chill until ready to serve.