Pumpkin muffins, typical Halloween sweet: pumpkin pie recipe. It’s a very easy and very good recipe, especially for our children. Due to their yellow-orange color, they are perfect for joyfully celebrating Halloween. We make the pumpkin muffins very quickly and flavor them with vanilla or cinnamon. This recipe is made with the Thermomix or simply with a mixer or food processor. We decorate them with cute bats or witch hats or pumpkins taken from the internet, printed on black and orange colored cardboard, and glued onto skewers of various sizes.
Let’s prepare them together!
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: portions for about 12 muffins
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Energy 291.94 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 41.91 (g) of which sugars 20.15 (g)
- Proteins 4.23 (g)
- Fat 13.55 (g) of which saturated 2.30 (g)of which unsaturated 10.85 (g)
- Fibers 3.10 (g)
- Sodium 22.28 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 7 pumpkin (cooked (boiled or microwave-cooked for 10 minutes))
- 1 cup sugar
- eggs (2)
- 2 cups flour
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup potato starch
- baking powder (1 sachet)
- cinnamon flavor (or other flavors as desired)
These decorations are very cute and very easy to make. Just get designs from the internet (on sites that can be printed for free), print them on colored cardboard and cut them out. Then take skewers of different sizes and glue them on. With some markers, draw eyes, mouth, etc. Let’s do it with our children! Then skewer them onto our muffin!
Tools
- Mixer
- Muffin Pan
- Ladle
Preparation
Put the mashed pumpkin, vegetable oil, sugar, flour, starch, and eggs into the mixer’s container and start the mixer at speed 1
Add cinnamon or any other desired flavor and keep mixing at a low speed.
Line a muffin tray with paper liners and fill each liner with the obtained mixture
Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for about 20 minutes (perform the toothpick test)
Let cool completely and serve… Enjoy your meal!
Instructions
Put the mashed pumpkin, vegetable oil, sugar, flour, starch, and eggs into the cup and start the minute at speed 3. Add the chosen flavors 10 sec speed 1.
Line a muffin tray with paper liners and fill each liner with 2/3 of the obtained mixture.
Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for about 20 minutes (perform the toothpick test)
Let cool completely and serve… Enjoy your meal!
Pumpkin muffins are a delicious and versatile autumn sweet. They can be enjoyed for breakfast, as a snack, or as dessert. The pumpkin gives them a sweet and soft flavor, while the aromas of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger add a spicy touch. The moist and fluffy texture makes them irresistible for both adults and children.
To best preserve the pumpkin muffins, it’s important to follow some simple guidelines. After baking, let them cool completely at room temperature. Then you can store them in an airtight container or wrap them individually in plastic wrap. This way they can be kept at room temperature for 2-3 days. If you want to extend their shelf life, you can put them in the fridge for a week or freeze them for up to 3 months.
It’s important to note that pumpkin muffins tend to soften over time due to the moisture in the pumpkin. To keep them fresh longer, you can add a paper towel in the container to absorb excess moisture.
Another important note concerns the possible variations of pumpkin muffins. You can enrich them with chocolate chips, chopped nuts, or pumpkin seeds for a crunchy note. Additionally, you can replace part of the flour with almond or coconut flour to make them even more delicious and nutritious.
In conclusion, pumpkin muffins are a delicious sweet and easy to preserve by following some simple rules. Experiment with ingredients and variations to find the version you like best and enjoy this autumn sweet any time of the day.
