Pumpkin Walnut Muffins

Use mashed sweet potato or canned pumpkin in these tender sweet muffins

By | November 08, 2019

Ingredients

SERVINGS: 18 muffins
MUFFINS
  • 2¼ cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons nutmeg
  • 1 stick salted butter
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin or 2 cups sweet potatoes or squash puree
  • ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 cup roughly chopped walnuts
Streusel Topping
  • ¾ cup flour
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 5 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.

2. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Whisk together and set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, sugar, and brown sugar until creamy. Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time, beating between additions. Add pumpkin and yogurt, beat well.

4. Add flour mixture a little at a time, beating between each addition. Fold in walnuts.

5. To prepare the streusel topping, combine flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl and mix together with a fork. Add butter and combine until mixture resembles coarse meal. (Using your hands is useful here.)

6. Pour batter into 12 muffin cups until ¾ full. Sprinkle each with streusel topping. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.

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Ingredients

SERVINGS: 18 muffins
MUFFINS
  • 2¼ cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons nutmeg
  • 1 stick salted butter
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin or 2 cups sweet potatoes or squash puree
  • ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 cup roughly chopped walnuts
Streusel Topping
  • ¾ cup flour
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 5 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces