Pumpkin muffins with cream cheese

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Soft, delicate, airy pumpkin muffins, made with homemade yogurt stuffed with cheese. Fragrant, beautiful, delicious, sun baked. Try it, it's delicious!

Ingredients for Pumpkin muffins with cream cheese

Step by step instruction of cooking Pumpkin muffins with cream cheese

Шаг 1

To prepare the cheese.
The container for cooking of the curd to sterilized. Infuse it with pasteurized milk at room temperature. (I took milk of 2.7% fat) In the milk, add the starter culture for curd, mix it thoroughly with a clean dry spoon to dissolve yeast. Close the container lid. Put in a thermos yogurt maker for 6 to 10 hours for fermentation of the product.
Next is a pretty dense mass to cut with a long knife up and down. (as if drawing the bars)

Шаг 2

The mass is heated to a temperature of 50-60° in the same capacity where the product is prepared. This is best done in a water bath. Cook the curd for 10-15 minutes. (they start to separate serum)
Then fold the mass on the sieve (or colander), prostrelennoe gauze in 2-3 layers. Put the cheese under the press for 3-4 hours (overnight) to ensure that the product was more dry.
The curd is ready. From 1 liter of milk, I got 200 g of cottage cheese.

Шаг 3

To prepare kefir.
The capacity to prepare kefir sterilized. Infuse it with pasteurized milk at room temperature. (I took the 3.2% fat) In the milk add the yeast to yogurt and mix thoroughly with a clean dry spoon to dissolve yeast. Close the container lid. Put in a thermos yogurt maker for 6 to 10 hours for fermentation of the product.
After this time the kefir is ready.

Шаг 4

Dough.
A pumpkin to cook convenient way for you: to boil, to bake in the oven or in the micro. Cool. Given the weight already peeled vegetables.
Half boiled or roasted pumpkin to put in the bowl of a mixer (capacity, where will zameshivaetsya dough), add the sugar, yogurt, corn (sunflower) seed oil.
Sift flour, mix with salt and yeast. Pour the rest of the ingredients. Knead the dough.

Шаг 5

The dough was quite dense, soft, holds its shape well and does not stick to hands. But to score the flour the dough should not be. So flour is better to add parts, not all at once. It may need a little less. (or more)
Muffins moderately sweet. If you prefer sweet cakes, the amount of sugar increase to 40-45 g.
Ready put the dough in a suitable container, lubricated Rast. oil, tighten with cling film and put in heat for 45-50 minutes.

Шаг 6

Filling.
The other half of the pumpkin mash them with a fork, add the cheese, sugar and raisins. (raisins pre-wash and dry) the Amount of sugar in the filling and adjust to your liking.
Stuffing mix until smooth.

Шаг 7

The dough after 45 minutes.

Шаг 8

Coming up to spread the dough on the work surface, sprinkled with flour. Punch down, divide into 12 equal parts. (about 70 g)
From each to form a ball.

Шаг 9

Roll out the material in a pellet with a diameter of 9-10 see
In the center of the pellet spread of 1.5-2 tsp of filling, carefully sculpt the edges to form a round bun.

Шаг 10

To do with all the blanks. You can bake scones like this.

Шаг 11

And you can make muffins like pumpkin.
In the middle of the rolls to insert the cloves and make several shallow cuts along the sides of the product.

Шаг 12

Or use a very interesting and popular way of forming.
Cooking string twice to tie the roll crosswise. (photo should be clear how to do this)

Шаг 13

Thread be SURE to grease well with vegetable oil to make it easier to remove the finished rolls. Tie the bun should be very loose, the thread should just stay on test. Otherwise, during baking, the thread will simply tear the product.

Шаг 14

Rolls put on a baking sheet, proteiny baking paper (oil), a silicone Mat or non-stick sheet. Cover with a cloth and leave the buns warm for 10-15 minutes.
Grease the buns with milk. Bake in preheated to 180° oven 17-20 minutes. Until it will turn brown. Always consider the features of their equipment.

Шаг 15

The finished rolls lay out on a rack and cool slightly. To remove culinary thread. You can sprinkle the buns with icing sugar.