Pumpkin-Ginger Mini Muffins
Updated Nov. 12, 2025

- Total Time
- 35 minutes, plus 1 hour cooling
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 25 minutes, plus 1 hour cooling
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Ingredients
- 2cups/275 grams all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons ground ginger
- 1teaspoon kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾cup/150 grams sugar
- 7tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3large eggs
- 1cup/227 grams canned pumpkin purée
- ½ cup/125 milliliters molasses
- ½ cup/125 milliliters whole-milk yogurt
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line two (24-cup) mini-muffin tins with paper liners (or grease the cups with baking spray or vegetable oil).
- Step 2
In a medium bowl, stir together flour, ginger, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- Step 3
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer or a sturdy whisk, beat together sugar and oil until blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, blending well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin, molasses and yogurt. Stir in flour mixture until just blended.
- Step 4
Divide mixture evenly among the muffin-tin cups, filling each cup halfway.
- Step 5
Bake until firm and lightly browned on top, 12 to 15 minutes. When cool enough to handle, turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour. Store muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two days.
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Look great. Any reason not to make these as full size muffins?
The article that accompanies this recipe is a story of motherhood and wholesome goodness. I am going to make these muffins on principle. To the school chef! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/magazine/pumpkin-ginger-mini-muffins.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E8.MGIv.bsFbsGCx1NCN&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
yes im curious about the bake time for full sized muffins
3 eggs seems like a lot and I’ve baked a lot of muffins. I’m going to try it with just two. I’ll let you know.👍🏼
Delightful Thanksgiving two layer cake with cream cheese frosting - a new fave holiday staple and crowd pleaser! Multiplied the ingredients by 1.5x and split batter between two 8” round cake pans (well greased and bottom lined with [parchment). Baked for 25 min @ 375 degrees. Let cakes cool on rack for an hour and then frosted (crumb coat first!).
This recipe made 48 mini muffins plus 5 regular sized muffins for me.
