Sorry for nothing new and/or exciting yesterday. We ended up going out to eat, which triggered another gallbladder attack, so I was down for the night. Can't wait to get this blasted thing out!
I've been looking at several Blueberry Muffin recipes, and wondering how I could make them even better....and I think I've found it! Below you will find the recipe for my loaded with protein and super tasty blueberry muffins. I hope you like them! :)
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Krys' Protein Packed Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of Vanilla flavored whey protein powder (I use Optimum Nutrition Vanilla Ice Cream)
- 6 ounces of cream cheese: 4 ounces cut into 12 equal sized cubes, and 2 ounces softened
- 3/4 cup of sweetener (I used Ideal)
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 4 tablespoons of butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup of fresh blueberries
Preparation:
Remember what your momma taught ya! Combine your dry ingredients together, then your wet, then bring it all together.
In a LARGE bowl, add in your 2 protein powder, sweetener, baking powder, and cinnamon. Mix together, and set aside.
In a smaller bowl, add your softened cream cheese. Add in your 3 eggs, and whisk together until fairly smooth (there will be small clumps, but that is ok). Once combined, add in your melted butter, heavy cream, and vanilla extract. Whisk everything together again, making sure everything is fully combined. Set aside.
Take your remaining 4 ounces of cream cheese, and cut it into 12 equal sized cubes. Stick back into the fridge until ready to use.
You can do this last step, or you can skip it. I grew up on boxed blueberry muffin mix (sorry, mom!). You know..the kind with the little can of the teeniest, tiniest blueberries you've ever seen? That. So...I don't deal with fresh blueberries well because they are so big and tart. So...I toss my 3/4 cup of blueberries in my little food processor with 1 additional teaspoon of sweetener and give them a few pulses. Still good sized chunks, but not as big as the entire blueberry would be, and just a touch of sweetness. Doing this also allows them to spread further through the batter. Again, this step is completely optional, and you add in your blueberries however you like them! :)
Ok...time to make some introductions! Wet, meet dry! Add your wet ingredients to your dry. This will for a pretty thick batter, but don't worry. Next, add in your blueberries. If you blitzed them like I did, you should see something kinda sorta like this ;)
Prepare your muffin tin - either with paper liners, or a dab of baking spray, or butter, or whatever you like to use. I love the foil and paper muffin cups, but turns out I only had 4 :(
Fill the muffin cups about 1/3 full. You'll want to use about half of your batter to do this. Gotta leave room for those cream cheese cubes that you were probably thinking I forgot about and that you cut up for nothing! :)
Once partially filled with the batter, set 1 cube of cream cheese in each muffin cup. You'll want to set it in whatever way makes it stick out the least - we have to be sure to cover these guys completely before baking.
A little extra goodness in the middle never hurt, right? YUM!
Ok...go ahead and pour the remaining batter into the muffins, making EXTRA sure that you cover our little cream cheese block friends up. Once this is done, I sprinkle them with just a tiny bit of sweetener on top, just like my mom used to do.
Bake for about 18 minutes at 350 degrees. Keep and eye on them - they cook much faster than a traditional muffin. Mine looked pretty well done at about 14 minutes in, but I let them go a bit longer to be sure (the old insert a cake tester works well until you hit the cream cheese blob).
Now..remember...these are a low carb baked good with no flour of any kind. They will be a little different in texture than a traditional muffin, but still taste great! You'll want a nice, big glass of water to have with these because of all the protein powder. These are a power packed breakfast!
Nutritional Data (per muffin):
Carbs: 5.1 g total, 4.7g net
Protein: 16.5g
Fat: 15.7g
Fiber: .4g
Calories: 225
9% of calories from carbs, 29% from protein, and 62% from fat
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Everyone loves the "take out" scenes, right? One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong.... LOL
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