Pumpkin Pie Muffins

Description

Makes 12 muffins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• ¾ cups packed brown sugar
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ginger
• ¼ teaspoon cloves
• ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
• ¾ cup canned pumpkin
• ½ cup butter, melted and cooled
• ¼ cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 3 tablespoons molasses
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ¾ cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts
• ¾ cup chopped dates (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Grease twelve muffin cups.
3. In a large bowl, stir together 9 ingredients.
4. In another bowl, stir together pumpkin, butter, buttermilk, eggs, molasses and vanilla until blended.
5. Make a well in center of dry ingredients; add pumpkin mixture and stir just to combine.
6. Stir in pecans and dates.
7. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups; bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean.
8. Remove to wire rack.
9. Cool 5 minutes before removing muffins from cups; finish cooling on rack.