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
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.
These are excellent! I reduced the sugar to half a cup as well as the maple syrup, and added about one third cup of buttermilk. I had some leftover kabocha squash that i had roasted and used that instead of the pre-packaged stuff. Fantastic! I made them in a mini muffin mold and they are great for that since they really puff up. So I'm making them again today! Thanks for a really wonderful recipe!
out of fresh baking powder? I've been using this Fannie Farmer substitute for 50 yes.: 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar 1/4 tsp. baking soda = 1 tsp. commercial baking powder.
Brown butter is my favorite flavor enhancer to many recipes. Try it with rice krispies treats!
Out of fresh baking powder? I've been using this substitute from my old Fannie Farmer for 30 yrs.: 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar 1/4 tsp. baking soda = 1 tsp. commercial baking powder.