Alex and Nana's Pumpkin Muffins

Posted by pbzmor 9 months ago

My grand daughter, Alex, loves to cook with me. She started out reading me the recipe and I would fill the measures and she would pour them in. Now she has advanced to the point where I get the ingredients out, she measures them and puts them in. She just needs a little advice now and again like, "don't pat the flour down, Alex" and "just 'tunk' the egg on the side of the bowl and pull it apart with your thumbs." We have a really good time. One of our favorite things to cook is muffins. They are fast and usually come out well, no matter what. We have found a recipe for Pumpkin Muffins that I will share with you. Pumpkin muffins are great. They aren't as crumbly as most muffins and they are very tasty. They go with about anything too. So here is Alex and my favorite pumpkin muffin recipe.

1-1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup canned (or fresh if you really want to work) pumpkin 1/2 cup butter, melted (Alex and I use canola oil) 1 egg 1/2 cup raisins (Alex and I NEVER put in raisins

Heat over to 400 degrees. Grease bottoms of 12 medium muffin cups. Mix all ingredients just until flour is moistened. Batter should be lumpy. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon sugar over batter in each cup. Bake 18 - 20 minutes. Immediately remove from pan.

Makes 12 muffins, but you won't be able to tell because they disappear so fast!