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Vegan Blueberry Cheesecake Muffins with Cream Cheese & Pineapple. Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins! Soft, Moist, Delicious Pound Cake like Muffins. Vegan Soyfree Recipe. Glutenfree option
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I don’t know why I had not tried Blueberries + pineapple. They go so well together! Tart, Sweet and summery. Folded into a moist muffin batter.
These muffins are 1 Bowl and simple. They are soft, moist and dense like pound cake if you use vegan cream cheese, which also adds a slight cheesecake like flavor. For variation, use non dairy yogurt or thick cashew cream instead of the vegan cream cheese.
Clearly I am loving the kite hill almond cream cheese, exhibit 1 and 2. The cream cheese in these muffins also prevents too much browning. I use small wild blueberries which are a perfect size for muffins. Add a frosting or icing of choice.
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Vegan Blueberry Cheesecake Muffins with Pineapple
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1/2 cup vegan cream cheese, (I use kite hill almond plain) Or Use cashew cream or vegan yogurt
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp non dairy milk
- 3 tbsp oil, or use more non dairy milk
- 2 tbsp maple syrup, or use 2 tbsp sugar + 1 tbsp non dairy milk
- 1/3 cup vegan sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Dry:
- 1.5 cups flour, (I use a combination of unbleached all purpose and whole wheat)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup wild blueberries, (frozen or fresh)
- 1/2 cup chopped pineapple, or use 1/4 cup more berries
Instructions
- Line a muffin pan. Preheat the oven to 365 degrees F(185 C). Blend the wet ingredients in a blender with 1/2 cup non dairy milk. Add to a bowl. Use 2 tbsp more dairy milk to rinse out the blender and add to the bowl. (or add all the wet ingredients to a bowl, mix with a spoon until smooth and well combined)
- Add 1 cup flour, salt, baking powder to a bowl, mix well. (You can add spices/flavors at this point like cinnamon, nutmeg or some lemon zest). Add to the wet.
- In the same dry bowl, add 1/2 cup flour, blueberries and pineapple and toss to coat. Add to the wet bowl and mix in. The batter should be thick and stiff. If it is too stiff, add a tbsp of non dairy milk and mix in.
- Drop the thick batter onto lined muffin pan. Bake at 365 degrees F for 22 to 25 mins. (To bake a loaf, bake for 40 to 50 mins)
- Cool completely and frost or glaze. I use this cashew vanilla frosting. A simple vanilla or lemon icing will work well too. Store on the counter for a few hours and refrigerate for upto 3 days. This muffin also does well with a cinnamon streusel topping. The muffin tastes more cheesecakey after sitting for a day.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This was so yummy, & my partner & I agreed the pineapple was such a delightful pop of flavor!
Do you have suggested changes for using yogurt? The mixture was quite thin with it- I ended up just dumping more of the gf flour mix in until it was closer to usual muffin batters, but it definitely never was “stiff,” & it did cook unevenly. Still turned out great; just wondering if you have any suggestions to improve more.
Flavors were fine but the dough was very dense and chewy
It will be dense as it’s a mix of cheesecake and muffin. It shouldn’t be chewy. Perhaps the brand of cream cheese? Some store brands get elasticky on heating up. Try non dairy yogurt
Can I substitute the yogurt for something else?