Ingredients

 

1 small sugar pumpkin, seeded and baked (or 2cups of squash, your choice!) 

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• Split pumpkin in half. Remove seeds and strings. Place on baking sheet, cut side down. Cover with foil and bake in preheated oven until tender, about 90 minutes. Remove pumpkin pulp and puree in blender. Measure out 2 cups pumpkin puree; set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. In a separate bowl, beat together 2 cups pumpkin puree, vegetable oil and eggs. Stir pumpkin mixture into flour mixture until smooth. Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.



*** The sugar can be reduced in this recipe by at least half a cup with no problems!!  Recipe also doubles really well.

We used buttercup squash to make our muffins.