It’s Muffin Monday here at our house (I love a good meal planning alliteration, don’t you?) This Monday I’ll be departing from our usual chocolate chip muffins for something a little more autumnal…Pumpkin Muffins!
This recipe makes quite a bit of batter. It can yield one standard 12 muffin pan, and a pan of 24 mini-muffins. Though I’ve always made muffins from this, I’m sure it would make several nice mini-loaves if that’s your preference. We just make the muffins and pop the leftovers in the freezer. They freeze beautifully. Enjoy!
Pumpkin Muffins
- 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 1 cup solid pack pumpkin puree
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- ⅓ cup water
- 2 eggs
1. Grease 1 non-stick dozen muffin pan, and 1 non-stick 2 dozen mini-muffin pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Measure flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and spices into a large bowl. Stir to blend. Add pumpkin, water, veg oil, eggs, and nuts. Stir until well combined. Pour batter about 2/3 full into prepared muffin pans.
3. Bake for approximately 17 – 20 minutes depending on your oven (check on the mini-muffins around the 10 minute mark with a cake tester – they will come out sooner.)
Clover and Thyme 
Look and sound wonderful, I love pumpkin.
Cynthia
Thanks, Cynthia! Me too, especially this time of year. Have a lovely week!
Mmm . . . muffins!
Muffins remind me of the movie Shrek ~ the scene with Prince Farquat and Gingie,
“Do you know the Muffin Man?”
“The Muffin Man?”
“The Muffin Man.”
“Who lives on Drury Lane?” 😀
Hope your muffins were a hit!
Thanks! They turned out wonderfully. Perfect for the rainy morning we had here.
My son was really interested in trying some pumpkin recipes and this does sound really tempting. It sounds like a sweet recipe, I was wondering about the scope for a savoury version too – any suggestions?
There is a lot of sugar in these, though they don’t ever taste overly sweet to me. I think you could scale back the sugar without any ill-effect. Perhaps scale back to a cup? That still sounds like a lot…but this recipe does make quite a bit of batter. If you try it, let me know how they turned out.
will do!
Yum! I know what’s or breakfast this weekend!
Hi Lauren! I hope you enjoy them! Let me know how they turn out for you!
How perfect for the holidays! I can’t wait to make them. Thanks!
Great! I hope you enjoy them!
Of course, if I do a good job the wiener dogs will feel they must pass judgement on them, too. I’ll let you know how they like them.