Pumpkin Spice Streusel Muffins
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Pumpkin Spice Streusel Muffins
Description
This recipe combines pumpkin puree with a blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and orange zest to create a rich spiced muffin batter. The dry ingredients include flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and baking powder, which are gently mixed with the wet ingredients to avoid overdeveloping gluten, resulting in a tender crumb. Resting the batter for 15 minutes encourages a taller, fluffier rise.
The streusel topping is made separately by combining brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and melted butter until crumbly, which adds a sweet, crunchy texture once baked on top of the muffins. These are baked at 400°F until golden and set.
Beyond muffins, the batter can be baked into a loaf for a pumpkin spice streusel bread. The muffins pair well with a variety of spreads such as butter, apple butter, or pumpkin butter. Nutrition facts are provided for 9 muffins as a guideline.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp allspice
- 1 egg large
- ¾ cup pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup avocado oil (or vegetable/canola oil)
- 1-2 tsp orange zest
- 1 TBSP orange juice (from the same orange you zested)
STREUSEL TOPPING:
- ¼ cup light brown sugar (packed)
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 TBSP unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉. Line a muffin tin paper or parchment liners.
- First make the streusel topping. Melt butter. Add brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in a small-medium bowl and mix well to break up any clumps of sugar. Pour in half the melted butter and mix well with a fork. Pour in remaining butter and mix with your fingers until mixture resembles soft crumbles of slightly wet sand. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and allspice in a bowl and whisk to incorporate.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine wet ingredients: egg, pumpkin puree, oil, orange zest, and orange juice.
- Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients, stirring with a fork until just incorporated with no flour bits remaining. Take care not to overmix. The batter will be very thick and sticky.
- For extra fluffy muffins with a taller rise, cover mixing bowl with a clean dishcloth and let the batter rest for 15 minutes.
- Scoop batter into lined muffin tin, filling to the top of the muffin liner for larger muffins or at the 1/2 way mark for smaller muffins. I use between 3-4 TBSP batter per muffin cup. Recipe yields 8-9 larger muffins or 12 smaller muffins.
- Sprinkle each one generously with streusel.
- Place muffins in the oven on the center rack. After closing the door, decrease oven temperature to 350℉. The higher bake time in the beginning helps the muffins rise taller.
- Bake on the center rack in the center of the oven for 22-24 minutes, using a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf to test doneness. If making 12 smaller muffins, check them at around 16 minutes.
- Commence faceplant!
Notes
- To make pumpkin spice streusel bread, pour the batter into an 8x4 inch loaf pan, top with streusel, and bake at 350°F for 45–50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Serve muffins or bread with butter, apple butter, pumpkin butter, or peanut butter as desired.
- The nutrition facts provided apply to nine muffins and are estimations.
- A simple glaze of powdered sugar, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla can be drizzled over muffins for extra flavor.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 9muffins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 252 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 252kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 41g | 14% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 22mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 200mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 122mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 19g | 38% |
| Vitamin A | 3243IU | 65% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 38mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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