It’s so nice to be surrounded by young families and children. I’ve met many friendly Moms (and Dad’s) while out walking with John. I was recently invited to our first “play date” in the area. Of course, I wanted to bring something with me but I wasn’t quite sure what would be appropriate. I decided on pumpkin raisin muffins – I picked up a sugar pumpkin a few days before at the market and was ready to bake on Saturday morning just before the play date. Long story shortt, John slept-in past 7:30 a.m. (a miracle!) and there was NO way I was waking him up with a racket in the kitchen. Thank goodness for canned pumpkin! Turns out the hostess of the play-date also baked muffins – Kelly’s blueberry coffee cake muffins were fantastic! It was great to start out the friendship with a common bond – food!
This pumpkin muffin recipe is courtesy of guess who, my Mom. However, I took her original higher-fat recipe and reduced the oil from one-and-a-half cups down to half a cup with the addition of a few more eggs. I also reduced the amount of sugar so they aren’t as sweet.
pumpkin raisin muffins
yields: about 20 small muffins
ingredients
- three cups all purpose flour
- two teaspoons baking powder
- two teaspoons baking soda
- two teaspoons cinnamon
- one-and-one-third cups sugar
- one cup raisins
- one-half cup vegetable oil
- five eggs
- two-and-one-half cups pumpkin
method
- Preheat oven to 350º F
- Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and sugar in a large bowl and whisk to combine. Add in raisins and stir.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, pumpkin and oil until combined.
- Using a wooden spoon, mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Do not over-mix as that will result in dry muffins.
- Spoon mix into paper muffin liners that have been coated with non stick spray.
- Bake in 350º F oven for about 30 minutes.
Note: a handful or two of sweetened shredded coconut and a half-cup of chopped dates make for a tasty twist.
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