Description
Cozy and flavorful muffins perfect for autumn. These recipes feature classic fall ingredients like pumpkin, apple, cinnamon, and maple. Enjoy them for breakfast, snacks, or holiday treats.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 0.25 teaspoon ground cloves
- 0.5 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 0.5 cup pumpkin puree OR 1 cup grated apple
- 0.5 cup milk
- Optional: 0.5 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease it well.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
- In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla extract.
- If using pumpkin puree, stir it into the wet ingredients. If using grated apple, add it now.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternating with the milk. Mix until just combined; do not overmix.
- If using nuts, fold them in now.
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling each about two-thirds full.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool in the tin for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- For apple cinnamon muffins, use grated apple and omit the pumpkin puree, cloves, and nutmeg. Add an extra 0.5 teaspoon of cinnamon.
- For maple pecan muffins, replace 0.25 cup of the granulated sugar with maple syrup and add 0.5 cup of chopped pecans.
- Ensure your pumpkin puree is not pumpkin pie filling.
- Do not overmix the batter for tender muffins.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Baked Goods
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 250 kcal
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg
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