Pumpkin Muffins are the recipe that Maria makes every most warmly anticipated fall morning and every individual October breakfast occasion when she wants to create the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely comforting individual fall breakfast muffin that captures every single most beloved element of the most iconic individual autumn pumpkin spice experience — the most deeply fragrant and the most properly complex individual pumpkin pie spice individual character, the most naturally moist and the most beautifully rich individual pumpkin puree that replaces.
The most individual conventional butter for the most naturally wholesome and the most properly enriched individual muffin moisture, and the most warmly caramelized individual brown sugar sweetness that harmonizes the most beautifully with the most natural individual pumpkin and the most individual warming spice for the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely crowd-stopping individual fall breakfast muffin that fills the most entire kitchen with the most completely intoxicating and the most deeply nostalgic individual autumn individual aroma from the most first moment of the most individual baking.
Pumpkin Muffins are the most easy and deeply extraordinary 30-minute moist oil brown sugar fall individual breakfast muffins made by whisking flour pumpkin pie spice baking powder soda and salt combining pumpkin puree brown sugar oil eggs and vanilla baking at 375°F for 18 to 20 minutes until golden and domed. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful muffin recipes and easy fall favorites from our kitchen every single week.
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Why You Will Love This Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
This Pumpkin Muffins recipe is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely perfect individual fall breakfast muffin that uses the most individual oil rather than butter as the most primary individual fat for the most consistently moist and the most beautifully tender individual crumb that maintains the most extraordinarily moist individual texture for days longer than the most butter-based individual muffin alternative — the most individual oil produces the most naturally liquid individual fat distribution throughout the most individual crumb that stays the most beautifully moist even when individually refrigerated or the most individually frozen and thawed.
The most pumpkin puree serves the most three most essential individual functions simultaneously — providing the most essential individual moisture for the most beautifully moist individual crumb, contributing the most naturally vibrant individual orange-gold individual color to every individual crumb, and delivering the most genuinely concentrated and the most properly pumpkin-forward individual flavor that is the most defining individual characteristic of the most extraordinary individual fall muffin. Our Flourless Pumpkin Muffins make a beautifully equally pumpkin-forward and equally fall-warming companion for a complete and wonderful fall pumpkin muffin collection.
Ingredients Needed for This Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Dry Ingredients:
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 can (15 oz) Pure Pumpkin Puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
- 1 cup Packed Brown Sugar
- ½ cup Vegetable Oil
- 2 large Eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
Optional Topping:
- 2 tbsp Raw Sugar or Turbinado Sugar for the most beautifully crunchy individual golden top
- ½ tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice for dusting over the most individual sugar topping
How to Make This Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until the most evenly combined.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, brown sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract until the most smooth and the most uniformly combined.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold gently with a rubber spatula until just combined — do not overmix. A few small lumps are the most completely acceptable, cara mia.
Divide the batter evenly among the 12 prepared individual muffin cups, filling each approximately three-quarters full.
Sprinkle the most generous individual pinch of raw sugar and a most light individual dusting of pumpkin pie spice over the most top of each individual muffin for the most beautifully golden and the most properly crunchy individual sugar-crusted individual muffin top.
Bake at 375°F for 18 to 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of an individual muffin comes out clean and the most individual tops spring back when the most gently pressed.
Cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
How to Serve This Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Serve warm for the most completely extraordinary individual fall breakfast experience when the most warming pumpkin pie spice is at its most fragrant and the most naturally moist individual pumpkin puree crumb is at its most properly warm individual peak. A most light individual spread of the most softened salted butter over a most warm individual pumpkin muffin creates the most beautifully simple and the most genuinely indulgent individual fall morning individual breakfast moment.
For the most completely extraordinary individual fall morning presentation, arrange individual warm pumpkin muffins on a white individual serving plate alongside a most warm individual mug of apple cider for the most completely seasonal and the most genuinely autumn-appropriate individual fall breakfast experience. Our Flourless Pumpkin Muffins make a beautifully equally pumpkin-puree and equally fall-warming companion for a complete and wonderful fall pumpkin collection.
How to Store This Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days. The most individual oil-based individual pumpkin muffin maintains the most beautifully moist and the most properly tender individual crumb throughout the most entire storage period without any individual drying — the most oil provides the most consistently liquid individual fat that does not the most solidify during individual room temperature storage the way the most individual butter does. Freeze individually wrapped for up to 3 months.
Tips to Make This Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Do not overmix the individual batter — fold only until the most visible individual flour streaks have the most completely disappeared for the most beautifully tender and the most properly fine individual pumpkin muffin crumb. Overmixing the most individual pumpkin muffin batter develops the most excessive individual gluten for the most tough and the most dense individual crumb rather than the most beautifully tender individual result.
The most raw sugar or turbinado individual sugar sprinkled over the most individual tops before baking creates the most beautifully crunchy and the most properly golden individual caramelized individual sugar topping that provides the most delightfully contrasting individual texture against the most soft individual pumpkin muffin crumb — this most simple individual topping addition elevates the most individual visual and the most individual textural presentation from the most simple home individual muffin to the most properly bakery-worthy individual result.
Helpful Notes for This Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Use only the most pure individual pumpkin puree — not individual pumpkin pie filling which contains the most additional sugar and the most pre-added individual spices that unbalance the most carefully calibrated individual spice profile of this most individual recipe. The most labels can be the most confusingly similar — look for the most ingredient list that reads the most simply “pumpkin” with no most additional ingredients.
One individual 15 oz can of the most pure pumpkin puree provides the most precisely correct individual quantity for this most complete individual recipe, using the most entire individual can for the most intensely pumpkin-forward and the most naturally moist individual muffin crumb throughout the most entire individual batch.
Variation of This Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Maria made a version adding half a cup of chopped toasted pecans through the individual batter for the most completely extraordinary and the most warmly nutty individual pecan pumpkin muffin. Teresa tried adding half a cup of raisins alongside the most individual dry ingredients for the most completely extraordinary and the most classically spiced individual pumpkin raisin muffin.
For a cream cheese stuffed version, press one teaspoon of the most sweetened cream cheese into the center of each individual filled muffin cup before baking for the most completely extraordinary and the most beautifully tangy individual cream cheese stuffed pumpkin muffin. Our Pumpkin Bread Cookies make a beautifully equally pumpkin puree and equally fall-warming companion for a complete and wonderful fall pumpkin breakfast collection.
FAQs About This Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Can I use fresh pumpkin instead of canned?
Yes — fresh individual pumpkin roasted and the most thoroughly pureed to the most smooth individual consistency substitutes directly for canned individual pumpkin puree in the same most individual quantity. The most fresh individual pumpkin puree is the most occasionally the most more watery than the most canned individual variety — strain through a the most fine mesh sieve for 30 minutes to remove the most excess individual moisture before using for the most properly concentrated individual pumpkin flavor and the most correct individual batter consistency.
Why use oil instead of butter in pumpkin muffins?
Vegetable individual oil produces the most consistently moist and the most beautifully tender individual pumpkin muffin crumb for the most extended individual storage period compared to the most butter-based individual alternative — the most liquid individual oil fat distribution does not solidify during the most individual room-temperature storage or the most individual refrigeration the way the most individual butter does, maintaining the most beautifully soft and the most properly moist individual crumb texture for up to 4 days.
Can I substitute the brown sugar with white sugar?
Granulated individual white sugar substitutes directly in the same most individual quantity for the most individually less caramelized and the most less properly molasses-rich individual sweetness. The most packed individual brown sugar produces the most deeply caramelized and the most warmly complex individual sweetness that most beautifully complements the most natural pumpkin and the most warming individual spice — the most brown sugar is the most strongly recommended for the most genuinely extraordinary individual flavor.
Conclusion
These Pumpkin Muffins are the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely perfect moist oil brown sugar individual fall breakfast muffins that make every autumn morning and every October gathering feel genuinely and completely special through the most deeply fragrant pumpkin pie spice and the most naturally moist pumpkin puree and the most warmly caramelized brown sugar crumb in every single warmly individual and completely irresistible pumpkin muffin.
We hope they bring the same deeply joyful fall pumpkin muffin morning warmth and the same completely satisfied autumn breakfast to your kitchen that they have always brought to ours. Make them, share them, and come back to tell us all about it. With all our love, Maria, Lucia, and Teresa.
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Pumpkin Muffins The Most Easy Moist Oil Brown Sugar Pumpkin Puree Cinnamon Nutmeg Clove Vanilla Individual Fall Breakfast Muffin
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
Description
The most extraordinary moist Pumpkin Muffins made by preheating oven to 375°F lining 12-cup tin whisking 2 cups flour 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt in large bowl whisking 1 can 15 oz pure pumpkin puree 1 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup oil 2 room temperature eggs and 1 tsp vanilla in separate bowl pouring wet into dry folding gently just combined few lumps fine not overmixing dividing among 12 cups 3/4 full sprinkling generous pinch raw sugar and light pumpkin pie spice over each top baking 375°F 18 to 20 minutes until toothpick clean and tops spring back cooling 5 minutes in tin then rack. A completely perfect moist oil pumpkin puree brown sugar pumpkin pie spice cinnamon fall breakfast muffin recipe.
Ingredients
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
1 can 15 oz Pure Pumpkin Puree not pumpkin pie filling
1 cup Packed Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
2 large Eggs room temperature
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
2 tbsp Raw Sugar or Turbinado Sugar for topping optional
1/2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice for dusting optional
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375°F 190°C. Line 12-cup muffin tin.
2. Whisk flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl.
3. Whisk pumpkin puree, brown sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla in separate bowl.
4. Pour wet into dry. Fold gently just combined. Lumps fine. Do not overmix.
5. Divide among 12 cups 3/4 full. Sprinkle raw sugar and pumpkin pie spice over tops.
6. Bake 375°F 18 to 20 minutes until toothpick clean and tops spring back.
7. Cool 5 minutes in tin. Transfer to rack.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Muffins, Pumpkin, Fall
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 160mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 32mg
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