This recipe makes about 15 muffins, depending on the size of your muffin tin cavities.
But first, a small disclaimer: Not all canned pumpkin purees are created equal. I used Trader Joe’s canned pumpkin for this, which has a higher moisture content than Libby’s or Whole Foods’ 365 brand. So you may need to adjust your liquids accordingly if you’re finding yourself with a bowl of concrete. I’ll test this with other canned pumpkin and report back.
Spray muffin tins with baking/cooking spray. (I used the Trader Joe’s coconut oil spray.)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In a large mixing bowl, combine:
1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix, just pumpkin puree)
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk (or your favorite milk)
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter (I used this one, because it was on sale, but would probably suggest using one you don’t need to stir aggressively before measuring.)
1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract, minimum. Measure with your heart.
Whisk all the above together. Then add:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon cinnamon, minimum. Measure with your heart/add more if your cinnamon is old as hell.
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger (Or, look, you could replace the cinnamon and ginger with pumpkin pie spice, but I didn’t because I 100% knew I would end up giving half a muffin to Albert and dogs aren’t supposed to have nutmeg.)
Fold in the above with a spatula until combined. If your batter is aggressively thick, add milk by the Tablespoon until it seems less absurd. A cup of mini chocolate chips would also be great to add in here, if you’re a person who’s not making plans to share their muffins with The Goodest Boy.
Divide into greased muffin tins — either use a greased 1/4 cup measuring cup to fill, or use a scoop.
Bake at 400 for 13-15 minutes. Let cool a few minutes in the tins, then pop out to finish cooling on a wire rack.
In theory, these should stay good for about 5 days in an airtight container on the counter, but muffins have never made it 5 days here…
Cas Marburger 