Pumpkin Muffins

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 (15 ounce) can solid-pack pumpkin
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (a combo of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and allspice)
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven toe 350°f; put liners in muffin cups.
• 2 whisk together flour and baking powder in a small bowl.
• 3 whisk together pumpkin, oil, eggs, pumpkin-pie spice, 1.25 cups sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl until smooth, then whisk in flour mixture until just combined.
• 4 stir together cinnamon and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar in another bowl.
• 5 divide batter among muffin cups (each should be about 3/4 full), then sprinkle tops with cinnamon-sugar mixture. bake until puffed and golden brown and a wooden pick or skewer inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• 6 cool in pan on a rack 5 minutes, then transfer muffins from pan to rack and cool to warm or room temperature.