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Pumpkin Apple Spice Muffins


I love this combo of flavors. And I love muffins. A lot.

I had one can of pumpkin left from Christmas and decided to put it to good use.

These are full of soft, sweet apple bits and beautiful paired with pumpkin pie spices. These are especially delicious when paired with a hot cup of tea or coffee.


Pumpkin Apple Spice Muffins
Adapted from: Mels Kitchen Cafe

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice**
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 Granny Smith apple, peeled and finely chopped

Topping:
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice**
3 tablespoons sugar


Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine pumpkin, butter, and eggs in another bowl and add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened. Fold in chopped apple and spoon into greased muffin pans, filling two-thirds full.

Combine 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice; sprinkle evenly over muffins.

Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans immediately, and cool on wire racks.

**Tip: If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice, use the following combination: 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ginger and 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg and 1/8 teaspoon cloves. Mix together and voila - you have the equivalent of 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice.

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28 comments:

  1. wow the texture looks superb, this is my absolutel favorite flavor for a muffin.

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  2. These look and sound hometown good. I love this type of muffin and would love to have one with my coffee. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary

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  3. oooo i want to try these mary!! funny, I happen to have one can of pumpkin left over too! might have to make these tonight!
    love you, mon

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  4. Thank you for the nice comment..I love the name of your blog. I'm definitely a dysfunctional dieter!! LOL

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  5. These look superbly delicious! Just found your blog and couldn't resist following someone who posts about yum food! ;)

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  6. These look so scrumptious! I am going to have to try this!

    http://basiikblog.blogspot.com

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  7. Mary! I just found your blog, and I love it. Totally just distracted myself from work for a good 30 min. I am now a follower ;)

    http://danalovestobake.blogspot.com

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  8. I also love pumpkin with apple. The muffins look perfectly moist! Great idea for the pumpkin pie spice/sugar topping.

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  9. They look so delicious! I must try making them!

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  10. These look pretty awesome! I love that there's granny smith apple in them. I have a few cans of pumpkin leftover too and I'm totally tempted!

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  11. Beautiful picture...and they look delicious too. :) great flavor combination.

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  12. Wow those muffins look fantastic and full of delicious flavors. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog right now called "Sweets for a Saturday" and I'd like to invite you to stop by and link your muffins up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/02/sweets-for-saturday-5.html

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  13. These look delicious! Thanks for checking out my blog

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  14. this look amaizing... your blog is so gorgeous:)

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  15. So nice to see pumpkin outside of "pumpkin time!" I've never paired it with apples, but it's a great idea!

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  16. I have a weakness for muffins. They are the most perfect sweet. Portable and pretend-healthy (ish).

    Lovely blog!

    xox
    Lexi @ http://glitterandpearls.com

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  17. i'm going to ban myself from reading your blog unless i've consumed a meal in the past hour. these look way too good.

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  18. Delicious! A great flavor combo.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  19. yum! I read through each of your homepage posts and this is the recipe I was attracted to the most. I have honestly never ever thought of making pumpkin pie muffins before. Do you think pecans would be good as a topping with the sugar + spice? mmm

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  20. !They sound and look amazing!

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  21. Argh my comment did not get through :( Just wanted to say that heirloom tomatoes are just awesome, love the plating too! Nice~

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  22. these look sooo good~ words cannot express how much those make my mouth water!

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  23. Thank you for your comment on my blog! :)

    I really love the kind of cooking you do and your recipes and pictures are really cool!

    These pumpkin-apple muffins are calling out to me! Will bookmark it & make my own version of it soon :) Thanks!

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  24. Yum! Everything on your site looks wonderful! These are right up my alley. And based on so many of your other recipes, it looks like I'm going to have to season my cast iron pan!

    Thanks for finding my blog so I can find yours!

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  26. These muffins are great! They are GOOD for YOU too! I made the recipe perfectly according except...I omitted the sugar/cinnamon topping and added half batch of the crumb topping from the Banana Espresso Crumb Cake recipe. YUM!
    I used two med-large size granny smith apples..which seemed like a lot of finely chopped apples before I added them, but the ratio was great!! Mary...Thank You again for your time to blog. You're a girl after my own heart!

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  27. i can't wait to make these!! they look delish!

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  28. Just took gluten free versions of this out of the oven! Thanks for the recipe... it's amazing, even gluten free!! ;)

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