One of my plans for the new year is to bake more. I've never been a huge baker (except for cookies, and making toast - oh, wait, that's not baking). Too much exact measuring, too many bowls, too much mess. But I really like the foods that you get from baking, so I really should start.
These Pumpkin Streusel Muffins from Cooking For 2 sound great. They have that mix of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and brown sugar that just scream winter comfort food. Full recipe after the jump.
Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
Muffins:
1 box of yellow cake mix
1 15 oz. can pumpkin
1 egg
1/4 c vegetable oil
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
Streusel:
1/2 c brown sugar
1/8 c flour
1 T cinnamon
1 T butter
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place paper or aluminum muffin tins in pan.
In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pumpkin, egg, oil, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Fill each tin with batter -- 3/4 full.
In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and butter with a fork until the topping is crumbly. Sprinkle a little bit (or a lot) on top of the muffin batter.
Bake muffins for 20 to 25 minutes.
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