Shelly's Recipe

CINNAMON PUMPKIN CAKE MUFFINS

Category: Muffins

15 ounces solid packed pumpkin
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pumpkin spice
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Cinnamon Sugar topping
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 F. Place liners in muffin tins. Blend with a whisk in a large bowl- pumpkin, oil, eggs,sugar and pumpkin spice. In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix dry ingredients to pumpkin ingredients until just combined.

In a small bowl, mix cinnamon and sugar.

Use an ice cream scooper and place two scoops of batter in muffin tins. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake until puffy and golden brown and when inserting a knife or toothpick comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in pan on rack for five minutes, transfer muffins from pan to rack and cool to warm or room temperature.