Instant Pot Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffin Bites are morsels of fluffy cake and creamy cheesecake, perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and year round.
Add sugar and butter to medium mixing bowl and cream together.
Add vanilla, sour cream/yogurt, pumpkin puree, egg and egg white to the bowl.
Gently mix by hand until just combined.
In a large bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Batter should be slightly lumpy. Do not over mix.
Use a cookie scoop or measure 1.5 Tablespoons of batter to each mini muffin cup. Set aside and make the filling.
Blend together cream cheese, sugar, yogurt, orange peels and vanilla extract until smooth.
Add egg and egg yolk and mix in until combined. Do not over mix eggs.
Assemble and Bake
Use either a pastry bag or syringe and inject approximately 1.5 Tablespoons of filling into the center of each muffin batter. Batter will puff up around filling.
Add 1.5 cups water to pressure cooker and place a trivet into cooker.
Place muffin cups onto trivet. If you have a second trivet, place that over the muffins and add another layer of muffin cups.
Lock on lid and close pressure valve. Cook at high pressure (most machines default to high pressure) for 7 minutes.
When beep is heard, wait 15 minutes and then release the rest of the pressure.
Allow to cool for 30 minutes and then place in refrigerator or enjoy now.
Before serving, garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon/nutmeg.
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Notes
Note that in the muffin ingredients, an extra egg white is used and in the filling ingredients an extra egg yolk is used. There are three eggs in the recipe in total and one egg is separated and used in each part.It is important to weigh the flour and not to over mix the batter. This makes for a light and fluffy texture. Over mixing and not weighing flour will cause a gummy and dense cake. See article on how to properly measure flour.
Using a sturdy syringe is the easiest way to fill muffins. Just slurp up the filling and then inject into the muffins.Originally published November 5, 2016. Republished September 28, 2019.