Orange Chocolate Cream Cheese Muffins with Tbsp Sugar

Serves 18 in about 37 minutes. Eggs goes in first, and tsp baking soda finishes the pot.

Ingredients

• 3 oz bitersweet baking chocolate (grated) 12 squares, 1/4 oz each, or equivalent
• 2 tbsp orange zest (grated) about 3 oranges
• ½ cup orange juice (about 1 to 1 1/2 oranges)
• ½ cup softened butter (unsalted)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup sour cream
• ½ tsp vanilla
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 2 ½ oz cream cheese
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp orange zest

Method

1. Grate the chocolate and keep it nearby.
2. Zest and juice your oranges and keep it nearby. Zest before cutting the orange to juice, it's easier!
3. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
4. Stir in the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each.
5. Stir in the sour cream, vanilla, zest and juice.
6. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and the grated chocolate.
7. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients just until moistened. Don't over mix!
8. Fill paper lined muffin cups 3/4 full.
9. Stir together the cream cheese, sugar, and zest until well combined.
10. Put about a teaspoonful of the cream cheese filling in the center of each muffin and gently press it into the batter. It can be partially exposed.
11. Cook at 400 degrees (F) for 12-17 minutes, or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Then remove from oven and let sit to cool in pan for 5 minutes.
12. Move the muffins to a cooling rack to continue cooling.

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