Pumpkin Spice Muffins with Pecans & Chocolate
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: Makes 12 muffins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
These Pumpkin Spice Muffins with Pecans & Chocolate are a delicious autumnal treat.
Ingredients
- 80 g (1/3 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 100 g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 350 g (about 1 1/2 cups) pumpkin purée
- 240 g (1 2/3 cup) plain flour (all-purpose flour)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- pinch of salt
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) milk
- 100 g (1 cup) pecans, roughly chopped
- 100 g (1/2 cup) dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F (without fan).
- Line a muffin pan with paper muffin cases.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the vanilla extract and eggs.
- Beat until well incorporated.
- Add and mix through the pumpkin purée.
- Gently fold in the flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- Add the milk.
- Gently mix until everything is just combined. Be careful to not over-mix the batter.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin pan.
- Mix together the chopped pecans and chocolate. Sprinkle the mixture evenly over each muffin case.
- Bake for about 25 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean.
- Leave the muffins to cool in the tray for about 5 minutes before removing them from the tray.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Kitchen Notes
HOMEMADE PUMPKIN PURÉE
Peel and remove the seeds from about 500 g of pumpkin. Cut the pumpkin into large pieces of roughly equal size. You can either boil or steam or the pumpkin. To boil, bring a large pot of water to the boil, add the pumpkin and cook for about 30 minutes until the pumpkin is tender. To steam, bring a large pot of water to the boil, place the pumpkin in the steamer basket and steam for about 50-60 minutes until the pumpkin is tender. Place the cooked pumpkin into the bowl of a large food processor and blitz until you have a fine purée. Leave the purée to cool completely before using in this recipe.
OVEN TEMPERATURES
All recipes on this website state temperatures for a regular oven (i.e. a conventional oven without fan). If you have a convection oven with a fan, please consult the manufacturer’s handbook on how to adjust the temperature and baking time accordingly.
CONVERSIONS
To convert from cups to grams, and vice-versa, please see this handy Conversion Chart for Basic Ingredients.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: Nutritional info per muffin
- Calories: 257
- Sugar: 14.9g
- Sodium: 78mg
- Fat: 11.2g
- Carbohydrates: 36.2g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4.5g
- Cholesterol: 45.8mg
View the recipe online: https://eatlittlebird.com/pumpkin-spice-muffins-with-pecans-chocolate/
