Baking weather is here and .... It's a tossup - Banana Muffins or Orange Pumpkin. Both are delicious, but for some reason I only think to bake the Orange Pumpkin kind between Halloween and Christmas. They would be good year round. But since its time to have some, here is the recipe.
Preheat oven to 350
2/3 c butter
2 2/3 c sugar Cream together
1 orange Pureed w/ skin (I cut the thick ends a
bit)
3 eggs 16 oz pumpkin Add to butter/sugar
1/2 to 1 c milk Stir in to mixture
3 1/3 c flour
2 t baking soda
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t cloves or 1 t cardamom (I prefer Cardamom)
1/2 t salt
1/2 t baking powder Mix all and add to batter
2/3 c chopped pecans
2/3 c chopped dates (or dried cranberries or raisins or cherries or?) add to
mixture
Mix and drop ice-cream scoop dollops into paper-lined muffin cups
Bake: 25 min for muffins / 15 min for mini muffins / 1 hr and 10 min for 2
loafs (my hot oven is only 50 min for loaves - test with toothpick)
Makes 24 muffins. These are particularly good with cream cheese. For breakfast.
