Pumpkin Spice Muffins
These yummy Pumpkin Spice Muffins are a delicious afternoon treat with a cup of coffee or tea.
Servings 24
Calories 520kcal
Ingredients
- 2½ cups sugar
- 1 cup canola or vegetable oil
- ⅔ cup water
- 4 eggs
- 1 15oz / 425g can pure pumpkin purée
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp cloves
- ½ tsp ginger
- ½ cup coarse decorating sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and line a muffin pan with 12 regular-sized cupcake liners.
- Combine sugar, oil, water, eggs, and pumpkin in a large mixing bowl and beat on low for 1 minute. Do not over mix.
- Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger to a small bowl and stir to combine.
- Add dry mixture to pumpkin batter and beat on low just until all ingredients are moist.
- Fill cupcake liners with batter until they are three-quarters full.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, then remove from oven and sprinkle each muffin with coarse decorating sugar and return to oven to finish baking another 13-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (Total cooking time should be 25-30 minutes).
- Remove from oven and leave to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Make sure you choose 100% pure pumpkin vs. pumpkin pie filling for this recipe because you are already adding sugar and spices to this recipe.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 520kcal | Carbohydrates: 80g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 430mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 51g