Buttermilk Molasses Pumpkin Muffins Food

PUMPKIN MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add brown sugar, beating well. Add egg, beating well.
• Add pumpkin and molasses, beating well.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to pumpkin mixture, beating at medium-low just until blended.
• Stir in pecans. Spoon into greased muffin pans, filling three-fourths full. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes. Remove from pans immediately.

GIANT PUMPKIN MUFFINS WITH MOLASSES-GINGER GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 6 giant (1 1/4 cup) muffin cups or 18 standard (1/3 cup) muffin cups with nonstick spray. Sift flour, ginger, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat 1 cup sugar and oil in a large bowl to blend. Beat in eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin, 1/2 cup molasses, buttermilk, and 1/4 cup crystallized ginger. Stir in flour mixture until well blended.
• Divide batter among prepared muffin cups. Bake muffins until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes for giant muffins and 30 minutes for standard muffins. Transfer muffins to rack; cool completely.
• Whisk powdered sugar, 1 1/2 tablespoons water and remaining 1 tablespoons molasses in a medium bowl, adding more water as needed to form thick glaze. Dip muffin tops in glaze; transfer to rack, allowing glaze to drip down sides. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup crystallized ginger. Let stand until glaze is set, about 1 hour.

PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose and whole-wheat flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg.
• In a large bowl, whisk the sugar, molasses, oil and 1 egg until combined. Add the other egg and whisk well. Whisk in the pumpkin and vanilla. Whisk in the flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the buttermilk. Whisk just until combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pan and sprinkle with the pumpkin seeds. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to remove any air bubbles. Bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of 1 of the muffins comes out clean.
• Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the muffins to loosen them and unmold. Cool completely on the rack.

BUTTERMILK & MOLASSES PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, ginger, and salt in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Stir in raisins; make a well in center of mixture.
• Combine brown sugar, canned pumpkin, buttermilk, canola oil, molasses, vanilla extract, and eggs, stirring well with a whisk.
• Add sugar mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moist.
• Spoon batter into 18 muffin cups coated with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Remove muffins from pans immediately; cool on a wire rack.

GINGER MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Grease a 12 cup muffin pan and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all of the dry ingredients in a medium size mixing bowl and set aside.
• Beat eggs, oil, molasses and milk in a large mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer on slow speed.
• Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and combine well until glossy and smooth.
• Add the ginger and just stir until incorporated into the batter.
• Pour batter evenly into greased muffin cups and fill 2/3 full.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until nicely browned.
• Remove from oven and set aside for 10 minutes before removing from container. Let cool on wire rack.
• Enjoy with a spot of butter on the side.