Pumpkin Maple Muffins
- Total Time
- 50 minutes
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Ingredients
- ½cup/114 grams (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1cup/145 grams all-purpose flour
- 1cup/140 grams whole-wheat flour (or 1 cup/145 grams all-purpose flour)
- 2teaspoons baking powder
- 1teaspoon baking soda
- 1¼teaspoon kosher salt
- 2teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1teaspoon ground ginger
- ½teaspoon ground turmeric
- ¼teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1½cups/355 grams pumpkin purée (about 1 15-ounce can)
- 3large eggs
- 1cup/200 grams light brown sugar
- ⅔cup/150 milliliters maple syrup
Nutritional analysis per serving (12 servings)
291 calories; 9 grams fat; 5 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 3 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 49 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams dietary fiber; 28 grams sugars; 5 grams protein; 271 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Step 2
Spray muffin molds with nonstick spray or line them with paper liners.
- Step 3
Heat butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling occasionally, until the butter has melted, foamed and started to brown, about 5 minutes. Use a whisk to scrape up any browned bits at the bottom of the pot. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Step 4
In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric and nutmeg.
- Step 5
In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, eggs, brown sugar and maple syrup until totally smooth. Whisk in dry ingredients, followed by browned butter.
- Step 6
Divide among prepared muffin tins and bake until the tops are puffed and spring back slightly when pressed, 20 to 25 minutes.
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Comments
Great recipe. I bake it regularly. I offer three small tweaks. First, just use the whole 15oz can of pumpkin. It works out fine and then no waste or trying to figure out what to do w small amount of pumpkin. Second, add at least half a cup of chopped toasted walnuts when you add brown butter. The texture and taste of walnuts is a big plus. Last, if you are trying to cut sugar intake, it is still plenty sweet when you reduce sugar by 1/4 cup.
Thanks to all the other readers' tips I adjusted the amount of sugar and maple syrup down by a half and still found the muffins plenty sweet.
I also substituted 1/4 cup of flour with a 1/4 cup of flaxseed meal, which I think improved the texture and added even more nutritional goodness.
I will definitely makes these muffins again.
Please do not mess with perfection and bake exactly as written. There are lots of comments saying to cut the sugar in half but I promise that you deserve joy in this lifetime. Just use the prescribed amount of sugar.
These muffins are delicious and not too sweet at all. I did halve the recipe because I was baking for just me. Thanks to those who advised on weighing the ingredients – I did that and I think that the sweetness was pretty decent. Overall, these were success and I would make them again.
This makes more like 16 regular sized muffins - at least in my kitchen. Browning the butter is a nice touch. Perhaps a bit too much sugar altogether, since I also used a maple glaze on top. Next time I would add walnuts, pecans or chocolate chips. I live at 8000 feet and reduced baking powder to 1.5 tsp and baking soda to 3/4 tsp and added a little more flour. I used Bob's Gluten Free 1to1 and they came out super soft!
These were excellent, light and moist, added dark chocolate chips. I only had a 6 muffin tin so put the rest in a loaf pan, which was even better the muffins. For sure will make again.