Pumpkin Muffins

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup solid-pack pumpkin
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 1/4 cups sugar, plus
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional)

Recipe

• 1 put oven rack in middle position. preheat oven to 350 degrees. put muffin liners in muffin pan.
• 2 combine (sift) flour and baking powder.
• 3 in a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin, oil, eggs, pumpkin-pie spice, 1 1/4 cups sugar, baking soda, and salt.
• 4 whisk flour mixture into sugar/pumpkin mixture until just combined.
• 5 stir in raisins.
• 6 stir together cinnamon and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar in another bowl.
• 7 divide batter among muffin cups (each should be about 3/4 full), then sprinkle tops with cinnamon sugar mixture.
• 8 bake until golden brown and wooden toothpick inserted into center of muffin comes out clean, 25-30 minutes.
• 9 cool muffins in pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack. cool to warm or room temperature.