Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
3 cups sugar
1 cup oil OR 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup unsweetened "natural" applesauce
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon + 1 tsp ground nutmeg OR 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2/3 cup milk
1 3/4 cups solid pack pumpkin
1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, beat together sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla until blended. In another bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, and spices. Gradually add egg mixture to the flour mixture and blend thoroughly. Next, add half the milk and half the pumpkin to the mixture, blend together, and repeat. Fold in the chocolate chips. Spoon batter into muffin tins, about 1/2 full. Bake for 20 min.
Yield: 24 muffins (though this recipe can be easily cut in half if you don't want that many)
1 cup oil OR 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup unsweetened "natural" applesauce
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon + 1 tsp ground nutmeg OR 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2/3 cup milk
1 3/4 cups solid pack pumpkin
1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350. In a large bowl, beat together sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla until blended. In another bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, and spices. Gradually add egg mixture to the flour mixture and blend thoroughly. Next, add half the milk and half the pumpkin to the mixture, blend together, and repeat. Fold in the chocolate chips. Spoon batter into muffin tins, about 1/2 full. Bake for 20 min.
Yield: 24 muffins (though this recipe can be easily cut in half if you don't want that many)