Cream Cheese Cranberry Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups cranberries (i just use a whole 12 oz. bag, fresh or frozen, if frozen, do not thaw)
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.
• 2 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 3 combine the flour, baking powder and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened.
• 4 fold in cranberries and pecans.
• 5 (i put the cranberries in the food processor the first time i made them and this last time i just rough chopped them).
• 6 fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees 20-25 minutes or until a tooth-pick comes out clean.
• 8 cool for 5 minutes before moving to wire racks.