Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins

So a few years ago I had my tonsild removed. At that time my boys were 18 months and 3.5 years old. We were staying with my parents while our house was being built. I had to stay in a bedroom away from my boys so I could rest and not have them climbing all over me while I recovered. Well, I got very bored during that time so I started looking through the tons of cooking magazines my mom had. I decided to start writing down recipes I wanted to try. Well, 4 years later I am still writing down recipes in my binder and trying to incorporate at least 1 new recipe a week. Today I made strawberry cream ceese muffins, not sure what magazine it came from, and they are yummy. They use fresh strawberries so this is the perfect time of year to bake them. My oldest boy loved them but my youngest wants me to make them without the "white stuff" in the middle next time. he is not a fan of cream cheese but I was hoping it would work in these for him.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Muffins

2 c all purpose flour

3/4c + 2T sugar divided

6T unsalted butter

3/4c+ 2T milk

3 oz cream cheese cut into 12 cubes

1 1/2t baking powder

1/2 t baking soda

1c chopped strawberries

1 egg

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Stir together flour, 3/4c of suger, baking powder and baking soda. Cut in butter til crumbly. Stir in strawberries. In a seperate bowl whisk together egg and milk. Gently stir into flour mix. Divide the batter into 12 sprayed muffin cups. Dip cream cheese cubes into 2T sugar. Place each one into a muffin. Press till level with batter. Sprinkle the tops with remaining suger. Bake 20-25 minutes.