October’s here, and that can only mean one thing: pumpkin. Trust me, the taste, the smell, and the idea will take over your life. For most women, the obsession includes pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin muffins and pumpkin tweets. Now for most men, I advise you to check yourself before you decide to make fun of the next girl that’s dying over something pumpkin, because, if you’re lucky, she might just make you a batch of pumpkin muffins with this delicious recipe or let you try a small sip of her homemade pumpkin spice latte.
Pumpkin Muffins
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Total Time: 30 min
Recipe: adapted from Smitten Kitchen
Serves: 12
Ingredients
1½ cup canned pumpkin
½ cup butter, melted
3 large eggs
1½ cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 tsp pumpkin-pie spice
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2¼ cups flour
2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line or grease two muffin tins.
- Combine the pumpkin and butter, then mix the eggs in one at a time.
- Add 1½ cups sugar, pumpkin-pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir to combine.
- Stir in the flour, then divide among muffin tins.
- Mix the remaining 2 Tbsp sugar with the 2 tsp cinnamon, and sprinkle over the tops of the unbaked muffins.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 to 2 tablespoons sugar (to taste)
½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon vanilla
½ cup hot brewed coffee
Whipped cream
Dash pumpkin pie spice
2 cinnamon sticks
Instructions
- In 2-quart saucepan, heat milk, pumpkin and sugar over medium heat until hot (do not boil). Remove from heat.
- Stir in 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, the vanilla and coffee.
- Pour into 2 large mugs. Garnish each with whipped cream, dash pumpkin pie spice and a cinnamon stick
Enjoy!