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Very good. I have made several times since i found this recipe a few weeks ago. I make a cream cheese icing to drizzle on top of part of the batch for those that want something sweeter.
These were really good muffins. I added a little powdered sugar to the cream cheese. I found that it was easier to fill the muffin cups part way, add the cream cheese, and then put another spoon of the batter on top. This keeps your cream cheese at the center instead of at the top of your muffins. Next time I will double the cream cheese mixture so that I have more of it in the middle. Thanks for a great recipe!
YUM! I omitted the sunflower seeds, since I didn’t have any on hand, and have made this again omitting the cream cheese. GREAT mix of spices that really taste like fall. I am going to try sprinkling just a little bit of brown sugar on the top next time to get a little more crunch. One more modification – I cooked my second batch a little hotter (around 400F) to see if that would crisp them up too, and it seems to have worked well. The original recipe worked though, too, I’m just offering up my tweaks to get people thinking! Thanks!
If I could give this recipe more than 5 stars, I would, they are absolutely DELICIOUS! I made these exactly as written, except I topped mine with a walnut streusel topping before baking instead of just plain nuts. I loved how quick and easy these were to make too…just used a bowl and a whisk and they came together in a snap! I got 20 regular sized muffins out of the recipe and I baked them @ 325 for only 14 minutes (HOT oven). Laurrie, this recipe is PERFECT…Thanks for sharing. 🙂
This will be a family favorite for years to come.I did change it up some by adding 1 cup cranberries and chopped pecans.As for the cream cheese I added powdered sugar as suggested with added cinnamon/sugar. I filled all the cups 1/2 full added the cream cheese mixture and came back and added the rest of the pumpkin mixture.Although it would taste great even without the cream cheese and I didn’t have the spice cardamom.
Fantastic muffins!! I added sugar and vanilla to the cream cheese, added a brown sugar topping, and used 2 t. baking powder instead of the soda for a puffier muffin. These are wonderful!!
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 (15 ounce) can cooked pumpkin
4 ounces cream cheese
sunflower seeds, as garnish (optional)
Directions
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
Stir the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, pumpkin pie spice, cardamom, ginger, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl.
Beat the brown sugar and the eggs together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil and pumpkin; continue beating until integrated. Pour the flour mixture into the egg mixture and beat until just incorporated.
Fill the prepared muffin cups about half-full with the batter. Spoon about 1 teaspoon cream cheese into the center of each muffin cup and poke it down into the middle of the batter with a finger. Sprinkle the sunflower seeds over each muffin.
Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 25 minutes. Let cool in pan 5 minutes and remove to a rack to cool completely. Be extra careful; the cream cheese stays hot for a while!
From: allrecipes.com