Best Giant Pumpkin Muffins With Molasses Ginger Glaze Recipes

GIANT PUMPKIN MUFFINS WITH MOLASSES-GINGER GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 6 giant (1 1/4 cup) muffin cups or 18 standard (1/3 cup) muffin cups with nonstick spray. Sift flour, ginger, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat 1 cup sugar and oil in a large bowl to blend. Beat in eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin, 1/2 cup molasses, buttermilk, and 1/4 cup crystallized ginger. Stir in flour mixture until well blended.
• Divide batter among prepared muffin cups. Bake muffins until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes for giant muffins and 30 minutes for standard muffins. Transfer muffins to rack; cool completely.
• Whisk powdered sugar, 1 1/2 tablespoons water and remaining 1 tablespoons molasses in a medium bowl, adding more water as needed to form thick glaze. Dip muffin tops in glaze; transfer to rack, allowing glaze to drip down sides. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup crystallized ginger. Let stand until glaze is set, about 1 hour.

PUMPKIN MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add brown sugar, beating well. Add egg, beating well.
• Add pumpkin and molasses, beating well.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to pumpkin mixture, beating at medium-low just until blended.
• Stir in pecans. Spoon into greased muffin pans, filling three-fourths full. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes. Remove from pans immediately.

SPICED PUMPKIN MOLASSES MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
• In a bowl, mix together the 2 flours, flax seed meal, rolled oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg until the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
• In another large bowl, beat together the brown sugar, pumpkin puree, yogurt , eggs, molasses, applesauce, canola oil, vanilla, and until well-blended. Stir in the flour mixture just to combine, and gently mix in the raisins and walnuts.
• Divide the mixture into the prepared muffin tins, sprinkle each muffin with a few rolled oats and pumpkin seeds, and bake in the preheated oven until the tops spring back when touched and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes.