Pumpkin Praline Muffins

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour, unbleached
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup pecans, coarse chopped
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup pumpkin, from solid pack can
• 1/2 cup dark molasses, unsulphured
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400*.
• 2 line 12 muffins cups with paper liners, or lightly butter 12 muffin cups or spray with non stick spray.set aside.
• 3 topping:.
• 4 cream the butter, flour and brown sugar together in a small bowl, till smooth --
• 5 blend in the pecans, set aside.
• 6 batter:.
• 7 combine the flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt and cloves in a large bowl; stir until well blended. add the brown sugar and stir to blend.
• 8 in a seperate bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, molasses, egg and vanilla until smooth. add to the dry ingredients all at once and fold just until evenly moistened. do not overmix.
• 9 divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups. press 1 tbls of the reserved praline topping onto the tops of each muffins.
• 10 bake until the edges begin to pull away from the sides and a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean.20-22 minutes.
• 11 cool on a wire rack before removing from the pan.