You’ll crave these as the leaves turn colour and the days cool. They are fluffy, light, and filled with warm spices and tart cranberry flavour.
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup cane sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup skim milk
1 cup canned pumpkin pie filling
½ cup melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup dried (or fresh) cranberries
1. Preheat the oven to 400℉.
2. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves in a large bowl and leave a well in the middle.
3. Whisk the milk, pumpkin, melted butter, beaten eggs, and vanilla together in another bowl, add the cranberries, and then add this mixture to the well in the dry ingredients.
4. Mix with a wooden spoon until the flour is just moist (batter may be lumpy but avoid over mixing as it causes tough muffins). Divide evenly between 12 lined muffin cups.
5. Bake for 20 minutes or until the muffins are golden. Cool in the muffin tin on a rack for at least 10 minutes. Freezes well.
Keywords: Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins