Spiced Pumpkin Muffins

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground mace
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can solid-pack pumpkin
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, ginger, and salt until well combined; set aside.
• 2 in another bowl, whisk the eggs until lightly beaten; whisk in the brown sugar.
• 3 continue whisking about 2 minutes or until the mixture is thick and pale brown.
• 4 whisk in the pumpkin, buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla until smooth.
• 5 stir in the flour mixture until incorporated (do not overmix).
• 6 prepare muffin pan by spraying each indentation and the rims around them wtih nonstick cooking spray.
• 7 fill prepared pans 3/4 full.
• 8 bake in a 400° oven for 22 minutes or until muffins are dark brown with rounded, cracked tops (a pick should come out with a few moist crumbs attached).
• 9 place pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
• 10 gently rock each muffin back and forth to release and remove it from pan.
• 11 cool muffins on wire rack for 5 minutes.