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Lightened Up Cappuccino Cheese Muffins

June 1, 2014 by overtimecook 24 Comments

Lightened Up Cappuccino Cheese Muffins are a great treat for people watching their weight!

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I know, I know. The last couple of weeks of this blog have been filled with one decadent treat after another. Each one has been a diet killer in its own right. “So what about the dieters?”, you ask. “What’s a poor soul to do if s/he isn’t eating cheesecake, ice cream trifle, cheesecake mousse, delicious cookies, and all those other treats?

Good news friend’s. I feel for you. No really, I might be cooking, baking and photographing all sorts of fattening treats, but I’ve been dieting hard. Really hard. Like, one bite to make sure the cheesecake is good. We’re in this together. And that’s why I made you these Lightened Up Cappuccino Cheese Muffins. They’re delicious, despite the lack of white flour, sugar, and abundance of fat. I hope you make these, and stick to your diet through the holiday. I promise, I have more healthy food coming your way on the other side.

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Lightened Up Cappuccino Cheese Muffins
Author: Miriam Pascal, OvertimeCook.com
Serves: 18
 
Originally published in my column in Ami/Whisk magazine
Ingredients
  • ½ cup oil
  • ¼ cup agave syrup or honey
  • 1 (6-ounce) container Lite Coffee Greek Yogurt
  • ½ cup brewed coffee (you can make it from instant coffee)
  • 8 Splenda packets OR ⅓ cup sugar or dry sweetener of your choice
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 cups white whole wheat flour
  • Cheese mixture:
  • 1 (6-ounce) container Lite Vanilla Greek Yogurt
  • ½ cup fat free (0%) soft cheese spread (such as Tnuva)
  • ¼ cup reduced fat whipped cream cheese
  • 12 Splenda packets OR ½ cup sugar or dry sweetener of your choice
  • 1 egg
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line 18 muffins cups (1 ½ muffin pans) with paper liners.
  2. Prepare the muffin batter. In a large bowl, whisk together all ingredients aside from the flour until smooth. (No need to use a mixer!) Add the flour and stir until smooth. Do not overmix.
  3. Prepare the cheese filling. In a small bowl, combine all ingredients. Stir until smooth.
  4. Spoon muffin batter into muffin cups, filling about halfway. Add a spoonful of cheese filling on top of batter. Swirl gently with a knife to marbleize. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, until the muffin portion is set. The cheese batter may still seem soft. Serve warm or cool.
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cappuccino cheese muffins

Thanks for stopping by friends! I hope you love these muffins – I’ve got a batch of them in my freezer! -Miriam

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Cheesecake/Dairy Desserts, Dairy, Dessert, Healthy, Holiday, Muffins/Cupcakes, Party, Shavuot Tagged With: breakfast, cappuccino, cheese, coffee, dessert, muffins


Comments

  1. Frady says

    June 1, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    Looks great! Do you know the calorie count for them?

    Reply
    • markus says

      June 2, 2014 at 6:06 am

      Frady, it’s very easy to check it yourself. You can use the http://happyforks.com/analyzer or similar analyzer on CalorieCount (less powerful, IMO).

      Reply
  2. Avigayil says

    June 1, 2014 at 8:45 pm

    Wait, you wrote flour- did you use whole wheat? white whole wheat?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      June 1, 2014 at 9:22 pm

      Thanks for pointing that out! It should be white whole wheat, I updated the recipe.

      Reply
  3. Shani says

    June 1, 2014 at 9:17 pm

    Can’t wait to make this. Is there anything I can use instead of the soft cheese spread?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      June 1, 2014 at 9:22 pm

      You can use sour cream/low fat sour cream. Not as low cal, but the best sub I can think of.

      Reply
  4. debra says

    June 2, 2014 at 8:40 am

    Any idea how many points on WW this would be?

    Reply
  5. Shani says

    June 9, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    Yummy!! I made these and they were great. Thanx so much!

    Reply
  6. Chaya says

    June 10, 2014 at 6:09 pm

    Can i use full whole wheat flour don’t have white whole wheat or a combination of regular and whole wheat?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      June 12, 2014 at 8:43 pm

      Either should work.

      Reply
  7. Tzippy says

    June 12, 2014 at 8:18 pm

    What flavor lite greek yogurt?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      June 12, 2014 at 8:26 pm

      Like it says in the recipe, coffee and vanilla.

      Reply
  8. anonymous says

    September 29, 2014 at 5:41 pm

    what kind of soft cheese spread do you use? what’s the brand?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      September 30, 2014 at 10:02 am

      The brand I use is Tnuva from israel.

      Reply
  9. ari says

    October 12, 2014 at 3:04 am

    Hey! These look great! I was just wondering what is the best way to freeze them? Chag Sameach!

    Reply
  10. Shaina says

    November 20, 2014 at 4:21 pm

    is there a way to make these pareve?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      November 23, 2014 at 10:50 am

      I don’t think so…too many hard to sub dairy ingredients.

      Reply
  11. joyce says

    February 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm

    what oil are you using in these?

    Reply
  12. chava says

    March 3, 2015 at 3:59 am

    which soft cheese from tnuva is it exactly that you use? regular white cheese?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      March 3, 2015 at 8:59 am

      The soft cheese that’s labeled 1%.

      Reply
  13. Rachel says

    May 19, 2016 at 10:54 am

    Do these freeze well?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      May 22, 2016 at 8:35 pm

      Sure!

      Reply
  14. fe says

    January 18, 2018 at 10:08 am

    Anything I can use instead of Greek yogurt ?

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      January 21, 2018 at 11:47 pm

      I haven’t tested it any other way, but you’re welcome to play around.

      Reply

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