{"id":1309,"date":"2020-11-11T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2021-02-02T18:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T23:43:24","slug":"pumpkin-muffins-with-butterscotch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/?p=1309","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Muffins with Butterscotch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fall season is in full swing and I have yet to grow tired of pumpkin.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been busy making pumpkin pies, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin risotto, roasted pumpkin seeds…you name it.\u00a0 And, out of all of the pumpkin recipes that I\u2019ve created, this muffin recipe is definitely one of my favorites.\u00a0 I call these muffins \u201cmuffins\u201d, but they are more like a dessert or a cupcake (I only call them muffins so that I don\u2019t judge myself too harshly when eating one for breakfast).\u00a0 They are sweet and spicy, and the butterscotch plays well against the pumpkin spices that I recently picked up at my favorite spice and kitchenware shop, Arome<\/a>, in Hood River. These muffins are so good it’ll be hard to stop at one, but not to worry. Now that we\u2019re into baggy sweater season, no one will know! <\/span><\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t already, go out and buy yourself a pie pumpkin, aka sugar pumpkin.\u00a0 They\u2019re the small orange pumpkins, not the big carving pumpkins.\u00a0 Bring the pumpkin home, cut it in half, scoop out the seeds and flesh, coat the pumpkin in oil and lay face down on a baking sheet.\u00a0 Poke a few holes into the top of the pumpkin (to allow steam to escape) and roast at 400 deg F for about 40 minutes or until soft.\u00a0 Let cool, then scoop out the flesh.\u00a0 Put the flesh in a bowl and mash with a fork until smooth (you can use a food processor or blender instead of a fork, if you\u2019d like).\u00a0 One average-sized pie pumpkin will yield about 5 cups of puree.\u00a0 Reserve 1 cup of pumpkin puree for this recipe and freeze the rest (in 1 cup portions) until you are ready to make pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving. You are set!\u00a0 A pumpkin treat for now, and more for later.\u00a0 And, if you want to roast the pumpkin seeds, check out this recipe<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the muffins, sift 1 cup of all-purpose flour, \u00bd cup of whole wheat flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, \u00bd teaspoon of baking soda, \u00bd teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and a \u00bc teaspoon each of clove, ginger, and nutmeg in a large mixing bowl.\u00a0 Set aside.\u00a0 In a separate bowl or standing mixer, whisk \u00bd cup of softened butter with \u00bd cup of granulated sugar until light and fluffy.\u00a0 Add two eggs and mix again.\u00a0 Add 1 cup of pumpkin puree (fresh or canned) and along with \u00bc cup of buttermilk and mix until combined.\u00a0 Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.\u00a0 Fold in \u00be cup of butterscotch chips. Scoop equal sized portions of muffin batter into a greased muffin tin.\u00a0 Bake at 350 deg F for 18-20.\u00a0 Let the muffins cool for 10 minutes before eating.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prep Time<\/span>10 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Cook Time<\/span>20 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div>
Total Time<\/span>30 minutes<\/span><\/span> mins<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n
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Ingredients<\/h3>
  • 1<\/span> cup<\/span> all-purpose flour<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bd<\/span> cup<\/span> whole wheat flour<\/span><\/li>
  • 2<\/span> tsp<\/span> baking powder<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bd<\/span> tsp <\/span> baking soda<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bd<\/span> tsp<\/span> salt<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> tsp<\/span> cinnamon<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bc<\/span> tsp<\/span> ground clove<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bc<\/span> tsp<\/span> ginger powder<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bc<\/span> tsp<\/span> ground nutmeg<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> cup<\/span> pumpkin puree (fresh or canned)<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bc<\/span> cup<\/span> buttermilk<\/span><\/li>
  • 2<\/span> eggs (at room temperature)<\/span><\/li>
  • 1<\/span> stick<\/span> (or \u00bd cup) butter, softened<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00bd<\/span> cup<\/span> granulated white sugar<\/span><\/li>
  • \u00be<\/span> cup<\/span> butterscotch pieces<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n

    Instructions<\/h3>
    • Sift all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices into a large mixing bowl. Set aside.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
    • In a separate bowl or standing mixer, whisk sugar and softened butter together until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mix again.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
    • Next, add pumpkin puree (fresh or canned; see notes above) along with buttermilk. Mix until combined.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
    • Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated. <\/span><\/div><\/li>
    • Fold in butterscotch chips.<\/span><\/div><\/li>
    • Scoop equal-sized portions of muffin batter into a greased muffin tin. <\/span><\/div><\/li>
    • Bake muffins at 350\u00b0F for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center muffins comes out clean. <\/span><\/div><\/li>
    • Let muffins cool for 10 minutes and enjoy!<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n
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      Fall season is in full swing and I have yet to grow tired of pumpkin.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been busy making pumpkin pies, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin risotto, roasted pumpkin seeds…you name it.\u00a0 And, out of all of the pumpkin recipes that I\u2019ve created, this muffin recipe is definitely one of my favorites.\u00a0 I call these muffins \u201cmuffins\u201d, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16],"tags":[376,312,347,351,225,239,348,350,346,349],"class_list":["post-1309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breakfast","category-desserts","tag-arome","tag-breakfast","tag-butterscotch","tag-cupcake","tag-dessert","tag-fall","tag-muffins","tag-pie-pumpkin","tag-pumpkin","tag-sugar-pumpkin"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesteadycook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}