I found this recipe on a website called smittenkitchen.com. It is by a woman named Deb who seems to live with a itsy-bitsy NYC kitchen. She also seems to have a wonderful site, full of personality and great sounding food! Add to that many many many cooking credentials and awards and it is yet another wonderful find!
“Pumpkin Muffins
(http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/10/promise-keeper-pumpkin-eater/)
Adapted from the American club, in Kohler, Wisconsin via Gourmet Magazine
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin (from a 15 ounce can)
1/3 cup vegetable oil*
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pumpkin-pie spice
1 1/4 cups plus 1 tablespoon sugar**
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Put oven in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Put liners in muffin cups.
Whisk together pumpkin, oil, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, 1 1/4 cups sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl until smooth, then whisk in flour mixture until just combined.
Stir together cinnamon and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar in another bowl.
Divide batter among muffin cups (each should be about three-fourths full), then sprinkle tops with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake until puffed and golden brown and wooden pick or skewer inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
Cool in pan on a rack five minutes, then transfer muffins from pan to rack and cool to warm or room temperature.
* Oh jeez, I messed up on this, too, using a 1/2-cup instead. It’s amazing anything ever turns out in my kitchen. That said, I also can’t attest to the oil-levels in the muffins either, though mine are fine.
** OMG! This too! I for some reason kept 1/4-cup aside, and wondered why the recipe called for so much. I didn’t use it all.” ——— Thanks to the Smitten Kitchen we look forward to many more yummy recipes and fun readings.
***Julia also want to remind you that Monday is a holiday here in the grand USA – thank you Chris for finding us (ha ha)… we will be taking the day off. See you all on Wednesday.