Pumpkin Spice Muffins and a Giveaway!!!
*Also seen on Cafe Zupas Blog
Happy Thursday everyone! And a happy 100th post to me! I can’t believe it myself, but I am officially not a newbie foodie anymore. I’ve made it past the hump and now I’m an experienced blogger(chuckle). I don’t know how experienced I feel quite yet, but maybe eventually it will come to that. I’m still feeling a little out of sorts here lately but I hope to be getting back into the swing of things soon. In honor of my 100th post I am doing a giveaway! Yay! The only thing you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite fall food is. Anything you can think of will do. I would love some good ideas! You have until Tuesday, October 28th at 12:00 noon. I will announce the winners shortly after that. Would you like to know what the giveaways are? Here it goes…
My beautiful mother has kindly donated one of her gorgeous hand made French Linen Aprons. Make sure you check out her site, My French Table. She sells handmade French Tablecloths and Linens. They are gorgeous and affordable. So to one lucky winner, this apron will be all yours!
And for the last item, I received this wonderful cookbook in the mail, The Gathering of Friends. It is a great cookbook with some great ideas for entertaining and beautiful recipes. So, make sure you post your comment on this post before Tuesday so that you can have a chance at winning one of two fabulous prizes!!
Now onto the recipe!! These muffins are so delicious and moist and tasty that you can’t eat just one. They are filled with fall spices and topped with a brown sugar cinnamon crumble and drizzled with a cinnamon cream cheese glaze. You just can’t beat that combination my friends. And I can only tell you that the aroma of your home while these are baking should be bottled up and made into a candle because it is delightful. I hope you enjoy them and have a great weekend! Don’t forget to enter the giveaway and tell all your friends to enter too!
Pumpkin Spice Muffins
recipe by Steph
makes 12 muffins
For the muffins:
3 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 cup pureed pumpkin
For the Crumble:
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoons melted butter
For the glaze:
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 ounces softened cream cheese
dash of ground cinnamon
dash of milk, if needed
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray regular muffin in with non stick spray.
2. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice. Set aside.
3. Using a mixer, mix the butter and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined. Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the milk and cream. Add pumpkin puree. Do not overmix.
4. Divide batter evenly between the muffin tins, filling to the very top and a little over.
5. In a small bowl, mix together the ingredients for the crumble. Crumble on top of each muffin batter. Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until cooked through and lightly browned. Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly.
6. In a small bowl, mix together the ingredients for the glaze. Drizzle over the tops of the muffins.
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My favorite Fall/winter food is Sweet potato pie!!!! I am crazy for the stuff!Happy 100th to you!!! You don’t look 100,you don’t look a bit over 20! haha!!!
I love shredded apple roasted pork with pumpkin rolls, and I also love pumkin cranberry bread–mmmmI plan on posting those two soon. Happy 100th post! ANd I love the new look of your blog! You have such beautiful pictures!
Just found your blog, it looks delicious. My favorite fall food is turkey and dressing. Also know as stuffing ; )
Thanks
Beth
Apple Pie is my favorite fall food. Just got the apples from the orchard this past weekend! Love your blog and I am a daily visitor! keep up the great work!
My favorite fall food is pumpkin pie! Although those pumpkin muffins look delicious too.
Love your blog…
Wow both are great prizes!! And very useful!!
Have a great week!
Carla
My favorite is a tie between pumpkin pie and anything with apples!
Stephanie,
My favorite fall food is chili!!! I love it topped with onion, sour cream, sharp cheese and Fritos corn chips!
I just love my mother Wild Rice Soup and of course, I just love homemade stuffing and turkey.
I love a good traditional Thanksgiving meal–turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberries, and corn. Oh, and don’t forget the pumpkin pie(with cool whip, of course!)
Whew. Too many to choose from….I guess ANY type of soup/stew. Cheesy chicken chowder, beef stew, I love it all!
Wow Stephanie! LOVE the new look!
I love pretty much anything pumpkin in the fall…or a good Spiced Apple Pie…mmmmm
Happy 100th post and great giveaway! I love your blog!
Happy 100th! I really enjoy your blog. For me, anything with pumpkin is my favorite this time of the year: pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin frappacino, pumpkin cookies…yum!
My favorite fall (and winter) food is hot chocolate, decadent hot chocolate! YUM!
I love pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream!
My favorite fall foods always include pumpkin. I like pumpkin muffins, pumkin curry, and pumpkin cheesecake. Yum!
mmm… lentil soup topped with a dallop of sour cream and a slice of crusty bread on the side!
Homemade cranberry relish with organic cranberries, pecan’s, orange juice, orange zest and a little bit of ginger for a kick. I like to leave it a bit tart, too, by not adding all the sugar my recipe calls for. I often buy many bags of fresh organic cranberries in the fall and freeze them for the rest of the year because it’s the only time I can find them. I’m down to my last one. It’s good thing fall is here! Wonderful blog and happy 100th. I’ve been here often and am always impressed with your pictures, posts and insights. Great job! And here’s to the next 100!
Hmm. My favourite fall food would be… pumpkin cheesecake. It’s so amazing.
I like pumpkin spice muffins (yours look delicious!!) and purple yams, but apple pie stays dearest to my heart.
I love the crumb topping on the muffins. I’ll eat just the tops!!!
I love pumpkin pie with whipped cream.
I love the new site! I just made pumpkin bread last weekend - cooked down a pumpkin for the puree portion. But bread and muffins are always yummier with a good glaze on top - can’t wait to try the recipe.
apple pie!! with vanilla ice cream.
boring but classic!
My favorite Fall food - corn pudding..dutch apple pancakes for breakfast OR dinner…Candy apples from a Fall day in the crisp cool air of a small carnival or outdoor arts festival….casseroles of all types…homemade vegetable soup that’s simmered all day filling your home with fragrant memories -
And I love your blog !!!
Great blog! My favorite fall food is TURKEY!!!! mmmmmmm. Congrats on the 100th post
Anything pumpkin. Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin bread… the possibilities are endless!
Fall food, I’d say soup. A good Cheese/Beer soup with popcorn topping.
Great job on 100 posts!
anything with pumpkins! The muffins look especially awesome.
Lovely apron and your mothers site is worth a second and third visit. As are the muffins, how can you go wrong with pumpkin and spices?
Yum. Those look delicious. Is it bad that I make my weekly shopping list while browsing blogs?? Anyways, great giveaway, I’d love to win!
My favorite fall food is apples. Anything made with apples. Especially apple crisp, apple dumplings, apple pie and just baked apples. yum.
I cannot pick just one favorite fall food! Pumpkin bread is one of my favorites, also chili, and Provence Chicken Stoup (it’s a Racheal Ray recipe I’ve modified and seriously cannot get enough of).
I made your pumpkin chocolate chip cake the other day - it was very good!
Beautiful aprons! I LOVE butternut squash soup! so yummy!
I love your blog! You take beautiful pictures and the food looks AMAZING!
My favorite fall food is anything sweet w/ pumpkin in it! I am definitely trying out this recipe!
Love the new look! And I’m drooling over these muffins!
I love fall foods the best, so I’d have a hard time picking one thing! It would probably be some sort of soup…
I love anything pumpkin…pie, muffins, soup, pasta, ice cream,souffle, and the list goes on.
I would have to say anything with pumpkin in it. OH and I really do love making soups in the fall.
It seems like the consensus is that all things pumpkin are loved in the fall… I would have to agree and say my fall favorite is pumpkin pie!
Fall is my favorite season, I love all the foods normally associated with this time of year, I love making homemade soups, I love anything pumpkin, I make a lemon cranberry cookie bar every year. It would be hard to narrow it down to just one, but if I absolutely had to, I would pick pumpkin pie.
There are a few things that I love, but for some reason when fall starts to come around the corner I can’t seem to get enough of them. I love orange and cranberry, pumpkin and especially gingerbread, YUM!
My favorite fall food would have to be fresh, warm apple pie. I like the spice and the sweetness, and when it’s nice and warm it’s the perfect thing to cozy up with. Mmmm.
Those muffins look delicious! I may have to try them in the near future.
My favorite fall food is anything from the oven-the summers are so hot here in AZ so it is nice when the weather cools down to allow me to slow cook anything in the oven!
We are newly addicted to apple 7 pumpkin butter!!
Soooooo yummy and fun to make!!
Congrats on the 100th post!!!!!
An old-fashioned beef stew warms the soul on those chilly Autumn days perfectly!
Thank you for sharing your talents with us on your blog! Lovely recipes & pictures.
My favorite fall food is pumpkin pie! (Or pumpkin anything really.) Your muffins look yummy!
I absolutely love chestnut and bacon soup - it can’t get more seasonal than that, really
Just cook a can of whole chestnuts with chicken stock and evaporated milk (non sweetened), mush with the back of a spoon, or blend, and top with a few crispy slices of bacon!
That is such a pretty apron and those muffins… *dies of happiness*. My favourite fall food, though, is hands-down a fresh-picked apple.
My favorite “fall” meal is Turkey with all of the trimmings. But I also LOVE apple crisp. That just taste’s like fall to me! I like the look of your new blog!
I think I’ll make these wonderful muffins for my new neighbors who just moved in!
I can smell them now.
my favorite fall pumpkin pie. yummy
My favorite fall food is Thanksgiving leftovers. I don’t know why, but for some reason turkey, stuffing and mashed potatos just tastes better when it’s all heated up together in a bowl in the microwave.
Those muffins look delicious! I made spiced pumpkin waffles this week, and they were to die for. And I absolutely love that apron and am in desperate need of one. Hope I win!
Hi Steph! Happy 100 post! Your Mom has talent and an eye for sure.
Gorgeous muffins, as always
Ooh! Ooh! I wanna win!!!
My favorite fall food is homemade soup. Any kind really. I just love how it’s cool outside, and the smells of yummy homemade soup cook warm your soul. And then eating them… Oh! Eating them!! YUMMY!!!!
I just found your blog today, and I love it! I can’t wait to try out all the yummy recipes, especially these pumpkin muffins. My favorite fall dishes are soups. I am going to make french onion very soon!
Fav fall food. . . soup for sure! Yum
That muffin looks delicious! And the apron is gorgeous!
My favorite is pears! They are fantastic in a bread. I prefer them dried. They are almost like candy.
My favorite is anything with butternut squash or pumpkin. these are right up my alley!
My favorite fall activity is going apple picking with my son. Then my favorite fall food would be using my fresh apples in my grandma’s deepdish apple crumb pie. The best ever!
My favorite food is a type of carrot soup, homemade! And then my favorite fall dessert is pumpkin pie or pumpkin cheesecake!
I love apple and cranberry pie the combination is wonderful!!! Some of my other favorites. In the fall I am a sucker for some good stews. Soup Bowls are always good. I like to pair different breads with different soups. pumpkin rolls and pumpkin bread with sweet icing. I love your blog and love your recipes. Keep them coming hope some of the ideas help you!!!!
My favorite fall food would be turkey and gravy, with my mom’s homemade yeast rolls. Of course, sweet potatoes, green beans, and dressing on the side!
My favorite fall recipe is… pumpkin. Can I say that? Because anything with pumpkin in it is my favorite recipe. Pumpkin latte, pumpkin pie, bread, muffins… mmmm … So, yes. Pumpkin.
My favorite fall and winter food is soup…especially potato, corn chowder, and white bean.
My favorite fall foods are stews and soups..warm, satisfying, and soo comforting with homemade bread.
I love that in fall I can bake to my heart’s desire and not melt in my kitchen! Breads, cakes, cookies, pies, you name it! Also, I love a hearty soup or chili on a cold evening. Especially if I have fresh bread to dip into it.
Anything that my grandmother cooks is always good. She makes this really amazing cranberry sauce, that just tastes heavenly when a thick slab of roasted turkey and stuffing is drenched in it.
I love anything with lentils and greens in the fall.
I love pumpkin cookies with cream cheese frosting. YummE!
Happy 100th post! I’m only about half way there.
My favorite fall food? cranberries! I eat them dry throughout the year but fresh is a fabulous treat!
My favorite fall food is homemade apple pie. Nothing beats that for me. These muffins look delicious, I can’t wait to try them!
Those muffins look delicious!
My favourite fall food is Coronation grapes.
My favorite fall food is soup. A nice big bowl to warm me up.
Ohhhhh, that’s a tough one. I would probably have to say pumpkin bars for my top choice. I have too many favorite fall foods.
My favorite is definitely good old fashioned apple crisp with the streusal topping
Personally, I love pecan pie and basically anything with apples.
Hello there! Love your blog and recipes too! I like eating pumpkin on everything, I once ate ravioly with pumpkin sauce and love pound cake with pumpkin and ginger…yummi, thanks for sharing…Gina
I just found your website off of Tastespotting, the muffins sound great and my little ones and I are going to attempt them this afternoon after carving our pumpkins. My favorite fall recipe is Irish Beef Stew, here is the link to the recipe I use. I stumbled across it accidently. It’s really good stuff. Very hearty for those chilly fall days.
http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001414irish_beef_stew.php
My favorite fall food is soup in a bread bowl. Pretty boring, huh? But I love bread and I love warm food when it’s cold!
I love your new blog design! And I’m so excited about your button because I had just made a picture link to your food blog on mine the other day!
I love your blog. It’s just the kind of food that I like to make. I just moved to NM from Utah, so it’s nice hearing from a fellow Utahn. I love anything pumpkin in the fall, especially pumpkin cookies. Thanks for being a great blogger!
My favorite fall food is caramel apples at the apple orchard. YUM!!
:o) You rock Stephanie!
Sweet Potatoe pie
My favorite fall food is sweet potato pie- it’s yummy and delicious. Thanks for the great giveaway!
My favorite fall food is chili with cheese on the top. hmmmmm
Your muffins look delicious! I love the crumble topping and the glaze drizzle. My favourite autumn food is apples. I love them in any way shape or form. There is nothing like the smell of an Orchard on a crisp autumn day! To me that’s bliss!!!
Must be the kid in me, but I love grilled cheese sandwiches! They go great with soup and I can make them pretty quick. I would love to see what you could come up with to put a twist on my plain old lunch and dinner quick fix! And I don’t have an apron :)!
Turkey and cranberry sauce!
Love the new look! And that recipe looks positively scrumptious - thanks for sharing. And the giveaway…so generous!
My favorite fall food would have to be pie, I love pumpkin and apple pies and can’t wait to get cracking on making some this season. If I made them any other time, I would just be huge all year long. Well, huger than I am anyways that is.
Soups of all kinds are our favorite Fall foods….your pumpkin muffins look wonderful!
I love anything with apples and pumpkin in it. Apple Crisp and Pumpkin Pie Cake are two of my favorites. I love this time of the year!
I have 2 favourites. One would be my Aunt Bea’s pumpkin pie. Yes, I really did have an Aunt Bea and the recipe was handed down to my mom. The other would be hot chocolate with Hot Damn schnapps in it. Yummy! My dad introduced me to that one. Great blog, by the way, I’ve just found it!
Pumpkin anything has got to be my fall favorite. And these muffins look SO good (better than the TWD ones from last week, she whispers).
Congrats on 100, I totally spaced mine and am in the 100-teens now. Oops. Heads up for my 1 year in Feb. though!
Love your blog, Steph.
My favorite fall foods are caramel corn, fresh apple cider, and pumpkin pie (with lots of whipped cream!) I love fall…and your blog which I have recently discovered
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. I make them every fall to start the season. My kids wouldn’t know what to think if I didn’t make them!
I love anything with pumpkin and try new recipes every fall.
I love the new look!
im so excited to try ur recipe
i like pumpkin bread with apple chunks 
My favorite fall food is warm stew. Yum!!!
Favorite fall food - Soups and wheat bread. Doesn’t that just sound cozy!
Love your blog. Every recipe I have tried is a hit. Thanks,
I wanted to add some more of my favorites now that I have more time. Turtle Pumpkin Pie is always a favorite. I like caramel apples dipped in white chocolate and then brown sugar. I love cranberry and orange muffins. The last thing I will tell you is very broad, but cassaroles. It is nice to be able to turn the oven on and not feel like I’m in a sauna!! PLUS the smell that runs through the house is FANTASTIC.
I love anything hearty… But I love a lentil and rice dish with grated parmesan cheese, my great grandmother used to make it is delish, good for you , and very filling. I loved it as a kid and I still love it as an adult….For dessert pumpkin pie!!! Always! I made the pumpkin spice muffins they came great.
I love fall because I can bake again! Summers are too hot in Arizona! Muffins, breads and rolls.
My favorite fall dessert is pecan pie. I once was a devout follower of the pumpkin pie camp, but the year we had pecan pie at Thanksgiving changed my life… and for the better. My favorite fall dessert that I have made myself is a play on the caramel apple: cinnamon apple cake with caramel frosting. I made cupcakes for an event I catered and it was a huge hit!
It’s hard to pick just one favorite fall food….I’d have to say anything with pumpkin or apples! I also love squash! I don’t know if this is a fall thing or not, but I absolutely love pecan pie…and this is the only time we make it
I LOVE tortellini soup! Or any kind of soup for that matter! I also LOVE pumpkin roll…great, now I’m hungry!! :o)
I love creamy soups…butternut squash…pomagranites…fresh baked pumpkin treats…fresh baked cookies…
Your blog looks FANTASTIC! I’ve been following for awhile now. I can’t wait till I can do a 100th post giveaway! I have to say that potato bacon soup tells me that fall is here… the richness of it, the warmth. Being able to stand over the stove that long finally (!) after a long summer. However, acorn squash and corn pudding say it with style! Congrats on the new look, and the 100th post!
My favorite is homemade chile served in a hollowed out pumpkin, with cornbread & honeybutter on the side. Delicious!!!
Pumpkin anything with a cup of chai tea!
While pumpkin and sweets are wonderful, I look forward to white bean chicken chili. So yummy!
My family loves your recipes. Thanks for taking the time to do this!
a girl, her oven, and her camera… a trio of success!
these muffins look absolutely, stunningly delicious!
congrats on your 100th post!
It’s a tough choice, but I think I’d have to say my favorite fall food is pumpkin bread! I love your blog by the way!;)
butternut sqaush soup!!! i love it. Thanks so much for your awesome recipies. I love them.
I’m a little late for your 100th and the giveaway, but just wanted to let you know how happy I am to find your blog! Everything looks delicious
Wow what an awesome giveaway–would love to have either!! My favorite fall food is soup of any kind. Love your blog!
Zucchini bread! My family inhales this stuff.
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