New Recipes for a New Year

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients
Fall in Maine
1 2/3 cup sifted flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/2 cup raisins (I use the golden raisins)
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup water
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup pumpkin

Preparation

Mix the butter, water, sugar, eggs, and pumpkin until well blended. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cloves.  Add to the butter, sugar, eggs, and pumpkin a little at a time until the whole batter is well blended.  Add raisins to batter and mix well.

Bake in greased muffin tins at 350 degrees for 35 minutes, until golden brown.  Serve warm with butter.
Makes 6-8 large muffins or 12 small muffins.

Preparation Time 20 minutes plus 35 minutes baking