Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Easy pumpkin spice muffins - healthy enough for breakfast, tasty enough for dessert!

After visiting my parents, we ended up going home with a pumpkin. Isn't it interesting how you sometimes get sent home with something unexpected? Apparently, the school gave my mom a pumpkin, and she couldn't get anyone else at school to take it. She also didn't really know what to do with a pumpkin. So we got suckered into taking it. Initially, James wasn't so happy about it, but after tasting this pumpkin bread, he sang a new tune! I'd never really worked with pumpkin before (except once, a long time ago - actually the first post on this blog!), so I figured I'd start with something pretty easy. In fact, I simply took a banana bread recipe and tweaked it for pumpkin.

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Pumpkin Spice Muffins

by CJ Huang

Easy pumpkin spice muffins - healthy enough for breakfast, tasty enough for dessert!

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Total time: 20 minutes
Yield: 24 muffins

Materials:

Mass	Weight	Volume	Number	Material	Notes
		1 teaspoon		allspice, ground
		4 teaspoons		cinnamon
		1 teaspoon		cloves, ground
			3	eggs
		2 cups		flour	I used half whole wheat and half white.
		1 teaspoon		ginger, powdered
		1/2 teaspoon		nutmeg, grated
		1 teaspoon		baking soda
		1/4 teaspoon		baking powder
		1/2 teaspoon		salt
		3 cups		pumpkin, puréed
		1/2 cup		sugar
		1/4 cup		oil	I used butter.
		1 teaspoon		vanilla
		1/2 cup		walnuts, chopped

Methods:

	1. Gather all materials.
	2. Form Wet Team by mixing eggs, pumpkin, oil, sugar, and walnuts.
	3. Form Dry Team by combining flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices.
	4. Combine Wet Team and Dry Team.
	5. Pour batter into muffin tins and bake at 350F for 15 minutes.
	6. Or use a loaf pan! (Bake for 55 minutes.)

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