Pumpkin Muffins – Packed with pumpkin and topped with cinnamon-sugar, these Pumpkin Muffins are soft, fluffy, moist, and absolutely delicious! The best I’ve ever made.
There they are, all orangey and wonderful.
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This is an older recipe from the Diethood Archives, now updated with fresh content and photos. Original post/recipe published on Oct 5, 2011.
Once in a while, I get the urge to revisit a recipe from the Diethood archives and give it an update. THIS is one of those times because, pumpkin. And muffins. THESE muffins!
I’m almost embarrassed to admit this, but I make these pumpkin muffins all year round. It’s my favorite recipe because it’s way yummmaaay! So Fall-ish, so fresh, so homemade! Pretty and fluffy and lightly sweet, topped with cinnamon sugar because, why not?!
If you keep these around your house? DANGER ZONE! You’ll keep going back for “just one more” until there’s no more to grab. They are sneaky – you’ll turn around and 3 muffins will be missing. Trust me, I know.
So, being that I was recently in Macedonia for a month, I have to tell you; I baked these muffins as soon as we got back. When you go away for as long as I did, you kinda start to miss the other stuff. You know… burgers, pancakes, muffins. You want to attack all of that at once!
Not that they don’t have that stuff out there, they do, but still, it’s different – I like to eat my muffins here, in the U.S. of A.
As soon as we arrived, or about 24 hours after we arrived, I made batches of muffins – blueberry, apple, pumpkin – all things that we had on hand I threw into a muffin batter. By the end of the day I was muffined out, but not before I gave all of them a try.
I tried this recipe a few years back, thanks to Smitten Kitchen, and completely forgot about them until I saw that can of pumpkin sitting on the counter in my Mom’s kitchen. I attacked that can as if it was Nutella. Never have I been as excited to see a can of pumpkin. Honestly.
If you need a delicious pumpkin muffin recipe, this is it. Hands.Down.
ENJOY!
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Pumpkin Muffins
Ingredients
For the Muffins
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup canned 100% pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin-pie spice
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
For the Topping:
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Line a Texas-sized (LARGE) 6-cup muffin tin with 6 paper liners and spray each liner with a nonstick spray. OR you can use a standard 12-cup muffin tin, but you’ll get about 10 muffins.
- In a medium-sized bowl sift together the flour and the baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together the pumpkin, oil, eggs, spice, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Whisk until smooth.
- Whisk in the flour mixture until combined. Do not over-mix.
- In a small bowl mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
- Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, sprinkling the cinnamon-sugar on top of each muffin.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
- Cool for 5 minutes before turning them out onto a cooling rack.
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Hi, can fresh pumpkin be used instead of canned?
Hi!
Yep, that’s fine as long as it’s pureed or mashed.
This muffins are amazing, I usually don’t like pumpkin but I loved this muffins and so did my 1yr old!!
That’s great! I am very happy you enjoyed it! Thank YOU! 🙂
Love that you were in Macedonia. Aren’t the people wonderful? I was there about 2009 or so visiting my daughter who was a Peace Corps volunteer there.
It’s a beautiful country.
AND I’m about to try your lovely looking Pumpkin Muffins. The photos look like they ought to smell delicious. Thanks!!
Do these freeze well?
I love all the positive comments. Everyone seems to love how their muffins turned out. I baked mine for 30 minutes. They look great on the outside but look more uncooked on the inside. Even after baking 8 more minutes, still the same mushy inside. Is this what everyone means when they say, ” they’re so moist?” Did I mix the batter too much?
I had the same problem when I tried them for the first time. I’m going to add a little extra flour and and a teaspoon of cinnamon and see if it helps. And possibly bake them longer; our oven seems to be on the low side of the temp scale. I always have to cook things longer than recommended.
Do these need to be refrigerated or can they be left out?
Hi!
Pumpkin Muffins can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for 4 to 5 days, or frozen for up to 3 months.
I cannot praise these muffins enough!!!! They are so amazing and I have made them every fall for the last three years! This is my favorite recipe ever!! Thank you so much!!
I made them as mini muffins. I did half with the cinnamon and sugar topping and half with chocolate chips. They are both good and very moist.m I did lower the sugar in the muffins to 1 cup. It’s a similar recipe to the one I use from Taste of Home.
Hello! I made a gluten-free version of these muffins that turned out amazing and I thought I would share the substitutions 🙂 All else about the recipe is the same, just these ingredients instead of 1 1/2 cups of flour.
3/4 Almond Flour
3 Tbsp Coconut Flour
1/2 cup and 1 Tbsp Brown Rice Flour
1 tsp Xanthum gum
This is awesome! Thank you so much, Natasha, for sharing!!
Hey, there. I just made these muffins and they turned out great. I used coconut oil for the vegetable oil because I have an excessive amount of it laying around. I also ended up using a regular sized muffin pan because I only had 3 large muffin liners. The batter was the perfect consistency and I ended up getting 16 muffins from this recipe. (I forgot the cinnamon & sugar topping on the first 10, but realizing I was going to get quite a few more muffins from the recipe, I made sure to add it on the last 6.) Thank you for posting!
P.S. easy to follow recipe & I love that I didn’t have to put a couple sticks of butter out and wait wait wait. I know you can do it in the microwave but I don’t use that very often. Thanks again!
These pumpkin muffins look so good! Any approximate idea of a calorie count per muffin?
These muffins look fantastic!
I like this recipe. I will made this recipe on my weekend. Thanks for sharing.
Can you please tell me if this recipe can be safely doubled? I’m going to my daughter’s for the weekend, and 6 won’t last long! Welcome back, and congratulations!
Hi Kathy! Yes, you can definitely double it! They are so good – ENJOY! 🙂
Such a tasty looking muffin recipe. I would never be able to eat just one!
Yummy! The color of these muffins is just amazing!
These are fantastic! I We add some chocolate chips. I have made them way too many times. 😉 THANKS!
These look so yummy! What is the yummy stuff on the top of them?
Hi Kimberly!!
That is my favorite cream cheese frosting! 🙂 Here’s a link to the recipe: https://diethood.com/cinnamon-roll-coffee-cake/
Thank YOU!!
Hi, these pumpkin muffins look so yummy!! Can’t wait to try them. Dee from Deelicious Sweets sent me!
These look super yummy! I just made a pumpkin chocolate chip cake yesterday and it came out so good! I am thinking pumpkin pie now.
I love a Texas sized muffin and I would totally love this one! I would love for you to link up any pumpkin recipes you have on my blog hop! Congrats on your nomination 🙂
I made these with freshly milled whole wheat flour. They were soooo good!
Did you use the same amount of flour as the recipe called for with your milled flour or did you add more.
We missed you toooooooooooooooooooooooo! LOL… ps… congrats on the nomination! (I voted!) and now, please send one of those muffins round my parts (o.k… that’s my bad impersonation of a Texas accent!)
Welcome back to it all – I haven’t really been able to cook like I like to for a week and Im going bonkers – not to mention I am hating the food I am putting in my body that is not home cooked healthy deliciousness.
Congrats on the nomination!!!
These muffins are seriously bad a$$ ;D
Congratulations, Kate! I missed the fact that you went away. These muffins sound wonderful – love pumpkin muffins!
Congrats on the award! I just voted for you 🙂
And welcome back! Those pumpkin muffins sure look delicious!
Love everything about this! I’ve been in Argentina for 6 months, so I miss my Texas size muffins, Texas barbecue, Texas friends and loved ones. The muffins look delicious!
Congrats on the nomination and top 9. I love any sweet baked with pumpkin, it just makes everything so moist. I have to get around to getting a pumpkin before the end of the month lol. PS have a huge contest…come visit 😉
Congrats on Foodbuzz top 9!
Kate so good to see you back safe and sound. And congratulations on your Foodbuzz nomination you so deserve it. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for you! And congrats, too, on the top 9! Delicious muffins, the bigger the better!
Love it! I would definitely need a Texas-sized version of these muffins because they look AMAZING! Congrats on Top 9, Kate!!
Congratulations on your FoodBuzz nomination! I already put my vote in for ya! Good luck!
Congratulations on your nomination and for making it on Top 9! Hope it’s the start to a fabulous weekend, enjoy! =]
Welcome back!! As much as I loved the guest posts, I missed your lovely recipes and those beautiful pictures of yours. So I came to say “Hello!” and congratulate you twice. First for making Top 9 today and 2nd for your Foodbuzz nomination!!! Well deserved on both counts!! Have a great weekend. ~ Ramona
Congratulations on the top 9! Well deserved.
Congrats on Today’s To 9!
Congrats on the Top 9 today!
LOL, it looks really diet and good for my health. Besides pumpkin is very useful of the digestion in the bowels and at the same time is verryyy delicious:)
pumpkin muffin! count me in then kate! 🙂
congratz for the top 9 on foodbuzz… this muffin is a must to try! write down the recipe! 😉
oh how did i miss this? you made pumpkin muffins too yaay! =) i love that yours is texas-sized… more yummy goodness.
welcome back kate, missed ya around these parts – hope you had a fabulous vacation. and CONGRATS on the Foodbuzz award nomination – you deserve it!
Glad to see u back 🙂 congrats on being selected .. very deserving. I will surely vote for you ! These muffins looks lovely and I am sure the oven was very happy too 🙂
Welcome home and congratulations on the Foodbuzz nomination! What a nice thing to come home to.
Welcome back and congrats on the nomination!!!! That’s awesome. These muffins look fabulous as well!
SO good to see you and your fabulous recipes back on-line! I made pumpkin muffins this week, too, and I think my kids wish I had made them Texas sized 🙂 Off to check your links…congrats on your nomination!!!!
Congratulations on being nominated! 🙂
Welcome Back, and Congratulations on your nomination! (I already voted for you.) these muffins are hugely delicious, no matte what size you make them, Happy Fall!
First of all, congratulations on your nomination! I totally understand you missed food that you have been enjoying in half of your life (I mean American food). I have the same cravings when I get back to the US from my trip home. Now these pumpkin muffins look really delicious and I’m enjoying all the pumpkin posts! You are a true baker since you baked in 24hrs after you arrived! 🙂
Congrats on your nomination!!! We’ve missed you!
Congrats, will vote for you! And welcome back.
Congrats on the nomination! You deserve it!! These muffins look out of this world delicious! Pumpkin muffins, my fav!
These muffins are amazing! And congrats on your well-deserved nomination! I was so happy to see you on there!
Congratulations! You’ve got my vote!
I have to agree, nothing is more welcoming then a pumpkin muffin! Welcome Home, we missed you:-) These sound fantastic! I adore anything pumpkin:-) Congrats on your nomination:-) Hugs, Terra
These sound like wonderful muffins, Kate. I’m glad you are back and settled!
I just found your blog and what a wonderful recipe to start out on! Pumpkin anything this time of year is a winner!
Welcome back, missed you too. Happy October, can’t get enough of these pumpkin recipes. The muffins look really delicious. Nice post 🙂
Mmmmmm my favorite…and you supersized them! They look delicious.
Congrats on the nom. You will get my vote…I actually nominated you for one category, I just can’t remember which one! Love your big ol’ muffins.
I simply love these muffins! *___*
Congratulations on your nomination! You deserve it. Love this recipe. Soooo simple and the ingredients are those right out of the pantry. This looks so moist. I’ll be making this for sure (I tend to buy a lot of pumpkin with coupons when on sale….then I have to make sure I use it all!)
Congrats on the nomination Kate! It is so well deserved. These pumpkin muffins look super yummy, i am a sucker for anything pumpkin. The bigger the better!!
Welcome Back! Your muffins are amazing and many congratulations!
I am imagining one of these beauties with a huge mug of coffee!
Your muffins look delicious! I haven’t had the chance to bake with pumpkin yet and seeing all the pumpkin recipes coming up on blogs makes me want tons and tons of pumpkin baked goods :P.
Congrats on getting nominated!! So glad that you are back and baking – these muffins look wonderful! I have the laugh that you want to get back to the USA and have food here. I would have thought the opposite being that you aren’t from here!
Hey Kate! Welcome back!! Love the muffins and that is awesome about the award nomination!!
Congrats on the Food Buzz award Kate! I’m votin’ for ya! And I’m definitely making these muffins…they look delish!!!! (I’m obsessed with pumpkin lately too, so it’s good timing. 🙂 )
delicious looking muffins for this season
These look amazing! I love a huge pumpkin muffin! I’ve already roasted 3 pumpkins and eaten them before I can bake with them. I need to slow down and get back to making muffins!
If you recommend these muffins they must be outstanding. They look delicious.
Congratulations on the nomination! my vote has been cast, of course. I wish all of you the best.
::sigh:: it’s so good to have you back. All is right with the world now.
♥ ♥Thank you!!! I missed you!! ♥ ♥
I LOVE pumpkin muffins. They are by far my favorite muffin flavor. And i love that their Texas-sized. The bigger, the better!
Love the Texas sized muffin…. congrats on the nomination.
Congratulations Kate! Well-deserved!! I rejoice with you! And these muffins?! Come to mama!
Welcome back and thanks for treating us to this king size muffin. Congrats on your nomination.
So glad you’re back. Congrats on being nominated. Way to come back with one tasty muffin. And huge, I love the size of these things. Great job! Did I already say I’m glad you’re back. Lol! xx
Kate….I love pumpkin muffins and these are just beautiful! I’m going to start making mine ‘Texas-sized” too! Congrats on your nomination!!!
Welcome back! There is something so comforting about pumpkin dishes in the Fall. How American of you 🙂 Congratulations on your nomination! You deserve it.