The Pie is a huge, HUGE fan of muffins. Not really sure why. But he is. And he requested that with the massive amounts of pumpkin purée we have that I make up some pumpkin muffins. And I love the Smitten Kitchen so much that I knew I had to use her recipe for these delightful little things.
Start by preheating your oven to 350°F and line a muffin tin with cupcake cups. I made these pre-Hallowe’en so the festive liners are TOTALLY justified.
In one bowl, use a whisk to mix together 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar, and 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (I told you we were going to need it again soon!).
In yer other bowl, whisk together 1 cup pureed pumpkin (if you’re using a canned variety, make sure that it’s the pure stuff, not the stuff pre-mixed with spices), 2 eggs, and 1/3 cup vegetable oil. I also added in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Now pour your wet ingredients into your dry ingredients and use that same whisk again until it’s fully combined. The whisk means that you can get all the ingredients all mixed in but you don’t have to worry about overmixing.
Spoon the batter into the muffin tin, so that each cup is about 3/4 full, and combine 1 tablespoon granulated sugar with 2 teaspoons cinnamon to sprinkle over top.
Bake until they are lovely and puffy and gold and a toothpick inserted in the centre of the centre muffin comes out clean, about 25-30 minutes.
Let those sit in the pan on a rack for about five minutes before you transfer them out of the pan and directly onto the rack. Then you can go ahead and eat them.
I love mine with butter.
The Pie just loves them, period.
Especially that glorious crusty top.
Gorgeous muffins – really lovely 😀
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Thanks, they turned out really well!
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Clearly!
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Okay, I don’t like pumpkin anything and these look to-die-for!!! I am literally sitting here salivating. Beautiful photos btw.
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Trust me, at this point in time I am so sick of pumpkin!
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LOL! I don’t doubt it. Such commitment is to be commended 😉
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I just made them this evening. They are divine.
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Great looking muffins and I have serious liner envy! Those are so cute!
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Thanks! I think they’re Wilton if you wanted to find them.
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Thanks! I’ll have a look online. Perhaps my daughters can bring me a selection at Christmas time. (I don’t live in the States.)
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I got them at the grocery store here in St. John’s so I figure if you can get them in Newfoundland, the backwoods of Canada, you can probably get them anywhere! 🙂
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If only! I’m in Cairo, Egypt where I haven’t seen a Wilton product yet, except in my own cupboards. I have all the cake decorating things in a handy toolbox but didn’t think to buy muffin cups.
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Haha, well maybe there’s an Egyptian equivalent, or maybe something cooler!
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