{"id":15162,"date":"2021-10-29T22:50:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T02:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/?p=15162"},"modified":"2022-10-29T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T13:00:42","slug":"pumpkin-spice-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/?p=15162","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Spice Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up so happy on Venus day this morning, so I decided not to go back to sleep. I was thinking about Pumpkin Spice Muffins. I made some earlier in the week and they attracted family, friends, and foes, before I could even photograph one for this recipe. They look like <a href=\"?p=14871\">Double Chocolate Chip Muffins<\/a>, except that they are brown, and they don\u2019t taste at all the same.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"rightbox\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pumpkin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pumpkin.jpg\" alt=\"pumpkin\" width=\"207\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pumpkin.jpg 207w, https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pumpkin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pumpkin-200x198.jpg 200w, https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pumpkin-90x89.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Like so many other things, pumpkins originated in the New World, yet another legacy of forces set in motion by Christopher Columbus. No, a random \u201cdiscoverer\u201d counts for nil. That is why Lief Erickson has no enemies. A man in the world who accomplishes something quickly finds out that he will have friends and foes; he must learn how to deal with both.<\/p>\n<p>So I leave you with a recipe for Pumpkin Spice Muffins. Once you learn the basic Mother Muffin, then you can easily adapt that knowledge to make specific muffins of your choice.<\/p>\n<h2>Pumpkin Spice<\/h2>\n<p>If you can\u2019t find pumpkin spice, then you can make your own using 1 teaspoon cinnamon, \u00bd teaspoon ginger, \u00bc teaspoon ground nutmeg &amp; \u00bc teaspoon ground cloves. Variations of pumpkin spice have been found in North American cookbooks since the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n<p>It is so popular in the Autumn that a variety of products flavored or scented with pumpkin spice can be found. These include muffins, pies, candles, coffee, lattes, beer, vodka, cookies, aerosol spray, toothpaste, and even Spam\u00ae.<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<p>Metric equivalents are within parentheses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\u00bd cups (240g) all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>\u00be to 1 cup (150g to 200g) sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 Tablespoon (15ml) baking powder<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons (10ml) of pumpkin spice<\/li>\n<li>A little salt<\/li>\n<li>6 tbsp (84g) melted butter<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs, beaten (a US large egg is 57 g. A European large egg is 63 g, so close enough)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup (60 ml) sour cream<\/li>\n<li>A little Vanilla (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 15 oz. can of pumpkin puree. About 1 cup (250 to 500ml)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mixing<\/h2>\n<p>Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, melt the butter, either stovetop or microwave (easier), and beat the eggs.<\/p>\n<p>Add the wet ingredients (sour cream, butter, eggs, pumpkin puree) and mix thoroughly. It should turn into a shade of orange (also called brown) loose paste. It will be less viscous than chocolate muffins, so cooking time may be extended.<\/p>\n<h2>Baking<\/h2>\n<p>Spray oil into a muffin pan and put some of the muffin mixture into each of the holes.<\/p>\n<p>Bake at 375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C) about 20 to 22 (20 to 22) minutes<\/p>\n<p>I use a Ninja toaster oven which heats up quite quickly and holds heat well. You may need to cook longer. A trick that looks really cool if you are trying to impress friends is to insert a wooden toothpick into the muffin. If it comes out clean, the muffin is ready; otherwise, it needs longer. In practice, the technique is not very helpful, so I just look see if the top is encrusted.<\/p>\n<p>This makes a dozen (12) American muffins or 10 metric muffins.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is a Halloween favorite. It was banned by the BBC when it first came ou on the grounds that it is to morbid.<br \/>\n[youtube &#8220;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l2PoSljk8cE&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up so happy on Venus day this morning, so I decided not to go back to sleep. I was thinking about Pumpkin Spice Muffins. I made some earlier in the week and they attracted family, friends, and foes. <span class=\"continue-reading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/?p=15162\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15162"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16798,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162\/revisions\/16798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}