Recipe: Pumpkin Muffins

It’s pumpkin season, we’ll at least through Thanksgiving. For those of you that love pumpkin and cupcakes, we have the recipe for you – pumpkin muffins. These delicious muffins can be found at Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafécup in Disneyland and Pacific Wharf Café in Disney California Adventure.

Pumpkin Muffins

Muffin Recipe
1 cup cake flour
1 cup bread flour (may substitute all-purpose flour)
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 5-ounce can pumpkin purée
1 cup golden raisins

Streusel
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons (packed) dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 pinch salt
1 tablespoon cold unsalted butter

For muffins:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F and line a muffin pan with paper liners. Set aside.
2. Sift together cake flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg into a large bowl. Set aside.
3. Beat together sugar and eggs until pale yellow in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Blend in oil and pumpkin purée until mixture is smooth.
4. Blend half of flour mixture into egg mixture until just combined. Scrape sides of bowl, the
5. stir in raisins. Add remaining flour mixture to batter, mixing just until combined.
6. Scoop batter into prepared muffin pan, filling about 3/4 full.

For streusel:

1. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Mash butter with a fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon streusel on each muffin.
2. Bake 18 minutes, then lower oven temperature to 325°F and bake 5 minutes more or until golden brown.