Raisin Pumpkin Muffins

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup raw sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground mixed spice
• 400 g pumpkin, pieces
• 1 cup large sticky raisins
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 50 g butter
• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
• 2 teaspoons raw sugar

Recipe

• 1 sift flour into a bowl.
• 2 stir through brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and mixed spice.
• 3 remove seeds from pumpkin pieces and microwave on high for 5 minutes until just cooked but still firm.
• 4 remove skin and cut into 1cm slices.
• 5 toss through dry ingredients with raisins. beat eggs together in a bowl.
• 6 add milk.
• 7 melt butter.
• 8 make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients.
• 9 add egg mixture, then butter.
• 10 mix through gently.
• 11 three-quarter fill greased muffin tins or line with muffin cases.
• 12 sprinkle over pumpkin seeds and raw sugar. bake at 200 degrees c for 20-25 minutes or until muffins spring back when lightly touched.