Pumpkin Muffins

Pumpkin Muffins Recipe

Makes 12 muffins

Takes about 1 hour 15 minutes

-what you need-

Crumble

• 1/2 c flour
• 1/2 c mixed nuts chopped, I used macadamia, Brazil and walnuts
• 5 Tbs butter, softened
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/3 c light brown sugar
• 2 Tbs granulated sugar

Cream Cheese Filling

• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temp
• 1/8 c of sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla

Pumpkin Muffin Batter

• 2 c flour
• 1 1/4 c granulated sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp allspice
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/3 c pumpkin puree
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 c canola oil
• 2 Tbs sour cream
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

-what to do-

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with liners.
2. For your streusel, combine flour, sugars, spices, nuts, and butter. Cut with a fork to form crumbles, set aside.
3. For the cream cheese filling combine soften cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth, set aside.
4. For the batter, whisk together you flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
5. Next add in your pumpkin purée, eggs, oil, vanilla, and sour cream. Whisk in until smooth. Batter will be thick.
6. Scoop batter into baking cups, about 1/3 of the way up. I used a cookie scoop for ease.
7. Scoop in 1 1/2 Tbs of cream cheese filling ontop of the batter, then cover with remaining batter.
8. Lastly top with 2 Tbs of streusel and bake for about 20-25 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
9. Once they are done, let them cool for 10 minutes.
10. ENJOY!!!!

What do you call a pumpkin that works at the beach?

A life gourd.