Easy Spiced Pumpkin Muffins with Brown Sugar Butter Recipe

This seasonal muffin recipe is served with brown sugar butter, and makes for a delicious way to start your morning. Special thanks to the Biltmore Village Inn for providing the recipe.

Ingredients for muffins

photo by Sommer Collier

• 2 cups all-purpose flower

• 1 ½ tsp baking soda

• ½ iodized salt

• 8 ounce can pumpkin puree

• ½ cup white sugar

• ½ cup brown sugar

• ¾ cup unsalted softened butter

• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 2 large eggs

Method

• Preheat oven to 350°

• In a large bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda and set aside.

• In mixing bowl, add pumpkin puree, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla extract, butter and sugar and beat for 5 minutes or until fluffy.

• Scrape sides of bowl, add dry ingredients and beat together until combined.

• Generously grease or spray whichever muffin vessel you choose and add muffin mixture to about half point.

• Bake at 350° for 15–20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Ingredients for brown sugar butter

• 1 stick unsalted softened butter

• 1 tsp iodized salt

• ½ cup brown sugar

Method

• For butter, whip all ingredients together until fluffy.

• Fill pastry bag with butter and using desired tip, pipe onto butter dish and serve alongside warm muffin.

Garnish with powered or turbinado sugar. You can also use mint.

Yield: 1 dozen muffins