Pumpkin Muffins

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Want a more budget-friendly way to get your pumpkin spice fix than going to Starbucks for a PSL? Then you’ve got to make a batch of these Pumpkin Muffins. These muffins are moist, subtly sweet, full of warm spices, and have a hidden dollop of sweet cream cheese in the middle. They’re totally indulgent and you get a whole batch of twelve pumpkin muffins for about the price of one pumpkin spice latte. Plus, they’re freezer-friendly so you thaw one at a time to have with your morning coffee from now until the end of pumpkin season!

What Are Pumpkin Muffins Like?

Pumpkin purée is kind of magic because it can be added to both sweet and savory dishes, and it attracts moisture, which helps keep baked goods super soft, tender, and moist. The pumpkin flavor is slightly earthy with a subtle sweetness that, when paired with the warm pumpkin pie spice, is absolutely COZY. Bake up a batch of these pumpkin muffins on a weekend morning to make your house smell amazing and have the coziest of cozy fall experiences.

How to Store Leftovers

This recipe makes a batch of 12 muffins, but that’s no reason to not make them for yourself if you live alone. Simply let the muffins cool completely to room temperature, then transfer to an air-tight food storage container. They’ll last about three days in the refrigerator, or you can freeze them for about three months. Thaw and reheat the frozen muffins with a quick 30 seconds in the microwave, or let them thaw at room temperature for about 15 minutes. Quick, easy, homemade muffins on demand!

Pumpkin Muffin Variations

You can take this basic pumpkin muffin batter and add so many different twists. Here are a couple of fun ideas for making this recipe your own:

1. Skip the cream cheese center and fold in chocolate chips
2. Top the muffins with a mixture of coarse sugar and cinnamon
3. Add chopped pecans to the batter or on top of each muffin
4. Make a quick cinnamon sugar glaze (powdered sugar + cinnamon + milk) to drizzle over the muffins (I did this during testing and while it didn’t look so pretty, it made them taste like cinnamon-coated donuts!)
5. Add a streusel topping

Recipe by Cook Good Recipes

These pumpkin muffins are moist, subtly sweet, full of warm spices and have a hidden dollop of sweet cream cheese in the center. 

Servings: 12 muffins

Prep time: 15 minutes mins

Cook time: 24 minutes mins

Total time: 39 minutes mins

Ingredients

1. 2 cups all-purpose flour($0.28)
2. 1 tsp baking powder($0.05)
3. 1/2 tsp baking soda($0.01)
4. 1/2 tsp salt($0.02)
5. 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice($0.10)
6. 2 large eggs($0.18)
7. 1/2 cup granulated sugar($0.17)
8. 1/2 cup brown sugar($0.26)
9. 1 15oz. can pumpkin purée($2.19)
10. 1/2 cup cooking oil($0.44)
11. 1 tsp vanilla extract($0.59)

Cream Cheese Filling (optional)

1. 4 oz. cream cheese, room temperature($1.10)
2. 2 Tbsp granulated sugar($0.04)

Instructions 

1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
2. In a separate large bowl, whisk together the eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin purée, oil, and vanilla extract.
3. Pour the bowl of dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients and stir together just until combined. A few small lumps are okay, just try not to overmix.
4. In a separate small bowl, stir together the cream cheese and sugar for the cream cheese filling.
5. Grease a muffin tin or line with muffin liners. Fill each well in the muffin pan about ⅓ full. Add a small dollop of the cream cheese to each well, in the center of the muffin batter. Divide the remaining muffin batter between each well, covering the cream cheese. Each well in the muffin pan should be filled about ¾ full.
6. Bake the muffins for about 24 minutes, or until fully puffed in the center and slightly cracked on top.
7. Remove the muffins from the oven and let them cool for about 5 minutes before gently removing them from the muffin pan and allowing them to finish cooling on a wire rack.

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffin Calories: 292kcal Carbohydrates: 39g Protein: 4g Fat: 14g Sodium: 224mg Fiber: 2g

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How to Make Pumpkin Muffins – Step by Step Photos

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. In a medium bowl, stir together 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, and 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice until evenly combined.

In a separate large bowl, stir together one 15oz. can of pumpkin purée, 2 large eggs, ½ cup white sugar, ½ cup brown sugar, ½ cup cooking oil, and 1 tsp vanilla extract until smooth.

Add the dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients and stir them together just until combined. A few small lumps are okay, just be careful not to over-stir.

To make the cream cheese filling, stir together 4oz. room temperature cream cheese and 2 Tbsp white sugar.

Grease a muffin tin or line with paper liners. Fill each well in the tin about ⅓ full with pumpkin batter, then add a dollop of the sweetened cream cheese on top. Fill the rest of the way with the remaining pumpkin batter. Or, if choosing not to do the cream cheese filling, simply divide the pumpkin batter among the 12 wells of the muffin tin.

Bake the muffins in the preheated 350ºF oven for about 24 minutes, or until the muffins are fully puffed in the center and cracked slightly, and a little golden on the edges. Let them cool for about 5 minutes in the muffin pan before gently transferring them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Recipe by Cook Good Recipes