Giant Pumpkin Muffins With Molasses Ginger Glaze Food

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 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.

SPICED PUMPKIN MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• In a bowl, mix together the 2 flours, flax seed meal, rolled oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg until the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
• In another large bowl, beat together the brown sugar, pumpkin puree, yogurt , eggs, molasses, applesauce, canola oil, vanilla, and until well-blended. Stir in the flour mixture just to combine, and gently mix in the raisins and walnuts.
• Divide the mixture into the prepared muffin tins, sprinkle each muffin with a few rolled oats and pumpkin seeds, and bake in the preheated oven until the tops spring back when touched and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes.

PUMPKIN MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375. Grease 18 two inch muffin cups or mini bundlette pans. In food processor with metal blade or in medium size mixing bowl. cram the butter and brown sugar til well blende. Ad the egg, pumpkin, and molasses, mixing well. Mixture will be grainy. Add flour, baking soda, ginger and salt. Mix til they are incorporated. Mix in the pecans. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Fill them half full. Bake for 15 minutes or til tops are puffed and spring back when lightly pressed with fingertips. These muffins may be frozen, wrapped airtight a and defrosted, wrapped at room temperature. Reheat at 350 for 5 minutes or til they are heated through. Serve warm with Ginger Honey Butter if desired. Makes 18 two inch muffins. Ginger Honey Butter: 6 Tbsp. butter or margarine, room temperature 3/4 stick 2 Tbsp. honey 1/2 tsp. powdered ginger Stir ingredients in small bowl til blended. Spoon mixture into serving bowl or make butter molds by spreading butter into chocolate molds. Freeze butter til solid; pop out. Store in refrigerator up to 2 days or freeze. Bring to room temperature 15 minutes before serving. Season's Greetings

GLAZED PUMPKIN SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray 15 standard-sized muffin cups with nonstick spray.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice in a bowl.
• Beat pumpkin puree, sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl until well combined. Slowly mix in dry ingredients until well blended and smooth. Distribute the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 to 7 minutes.
• While the muffins are cooling, blend powdered sugar, half-and-half, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, and cinnamon for glaze until well combined.
• Remove muffins from the tin and dip the tops into the glaze. Set on a wire rack until glaze sets, about 30 minutes.