Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Muffin Cheesecake Bites

  • 18
  • 30 mins
  • 37 mins

Ingredients

  • Muffin
  • 1/4 cup Butter room temperature
  • 3/4 cups Demerara Sugar (or White Sugar)
  • 1 1 + 1 Egg White room temperature
  • 4 oz Homemade Pie Pumpkin Puree (or canned)
  • 2 Tablespoons Homemade Greek Yogurt (or Buttermilk)
  • 1/4 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon Allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • 7/8 cup/110 grams Gluten Free Flour Baking Mix (or All Purpose Flour)
  • 3/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon Sea Salt
  • Filling
  • 8 oz Cream Cheese room temperature
  • 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 1/2 True Orange Crystalized (or 1/2 teaspoon Orange Peel, grated)
  • 1 1 + 1 Egg Yolk room temperature
  • 2 Tablespoons Homemade Greek Yogurt Sour Cream, or Heavy Cream
  • Other
  • 1.5 cups Water
  • 18 Mini Silicone Muffin Cups
  • 1 60 ml Disposable Syringe or Pastry Bag ( or Pastry Bag)
  • 1 1.5 TBL Cookie Dough Scoop

Preparation

Step 1

Muffins

Add sugar and butter to bowl and cream together.
Add vanilla, Yogurt, Pumpkin Puree and egg(s) to the bowl and gently mix until just combined. Do not over mix the batter. Lumps are fine
Combine dry ingredients and add them to wet ingredients and hand mix to combine. Batter will be slightly lumpy.
Add approximately 1.5 Tablespoons to each Mini Muffin Cup.

Filling

Blend together cream cheese, sugar, yogurt, True Orange/grated peels and vanilla extract until smooth.
Add egg and yolk and hand mix until just combined. Do not over mix the eggs.

Assemble and Bake

Add filling to a Syringe or Pastry Bag and inject tip deep into center of Muffin Batter. Squeeze in about 1.5 Tablespoons of filling, until all filling is used. Batter will puff up around filling.
Add 1.5 cups water to Pressure Cooker cooking pot and place a trivet. Place Muffin cups on trivet. If you have a second trivet, you can stack them.

Lock on lid and close Pressure Valve. Cook at High Pressure for 7 minutes. When Beep sounds, allow a 15 minute Natural Pressure Release.

Allow to cool and refrigerate. Before serving, garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon and/or nutmeg, if desired.