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.