PUMPKIN SPICE MUFFINS
Along with probably a ga-jillion other people in the world,
I LOVE FALL!
When September comes I start counting the days until I can officially kick-start the arrival of autumn.
I LOVE FALL!
When September comes I start counting the days until I can officially kick-start the arrival of autumn.
What is it they say?
Maybe it's because I can finally say adios to Oklahoma's hot summer days, or perhaps it's seeing the children return to learning, walking to and from school again, book-bags in hand.
PECANS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Yesterday morning, like I have many times since her passing, I pulled out my mother's Woman's Home Companion Cook Book and began flipping through the tattered pages before me. I love so many of things about this old book~but mostly I love knowing it was once in my mother's hands...
I skimmed the pages as I wanted to bake something to celebrate the changing of the seasons, something more than the apple spice muffins my mom made during my growing-up years...
Sadly, the only thing I really found was a recipe for a pumpkin cake! NO MUFFINS!
The cake didn't sound too appealing, so I found a recipe online that was more in line with what I was looking for!
PUMPKIN SPICE MUFFINS
3 1/2 cups flour
2 2/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice
1 Tablespoon orange zest
1 cup milk
2 cups mashed pumpkin
2 slightly beaten eggs
2/3 cups melted shortening
1/4 scant cup molasses
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup golden raisins
Mix dry ingredients together and set aside.
Mix wet ingredients and add to the dry.
Add one cup chopped pecans and one cup
golden raisins. Stir well.
Fill greased/floured large muffin tins about 2/3 full.
Sprinkle top with 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes until muffins are firm to the touch.
Let cool. Remove from tin.
Serve with honey butter and ENJOY!
BROWN SUGAR CRUMBLY
My mother loved to bake! She loved spending holiday time with her family and she would have loved the big Labor Day party planned at our nephew's home tomorrow. Lots of swimming, great food, and a gentle nod to the last days of summer.
MY MOM ABOUT 1938
Recently my mom's younger sister sent me the photo above (my momma is the child in the photo above and my auntie is the toddler in my grandmother's arms). I love it so much. My mom would be so happy to know we have carried on without her...even though her passing brought us all many tears. I try and celebrate her life every chance I get...and yesterday was no different. Sweet memories of her in the kitchen and tender reminders of what she will always mean to me.
Today is Sunday...thoughts of faith...love...hope.
I have a long-time prayer that passes my lips every single day. Over twenty years now.
In God's time I will see it answered.
Love to you...
Rebecca
(P.S. My blog is page protected and that was done a LONG TIME AGO! Mr. AGPMan is TRYING to figure out how to remove it so you can easily copy photos or recipes! More soon!)
The cake didn't sound too appealing, so I found a recipe online that was more in line with what I was looking for!
PUMPKIN SPICE MUFFINS
3 1/2 cups flour
2 2/3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice
1 Tablespoon orange zest
1 cup milk
2 cups mashed pumpkin
2 slightly beaten eggs
2/3 cups melted shortening
1/4 scant cup molasses
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup golden raisins
Mix dry ingredients together and set aside.
Mix wet ingredients and add to the dry.
Add one cup chopped pecans and one cup
golden raisins. Stir well.
Fill greased/floured large muffin tins about 2/3 full.
Sprinkle top with 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes until muffins are firm to the touch.
Let cool. Remove from tin.
Serve with honey butter and ENJOY!
My mother loved to bake! She loved spending holiday time with her family and she would have loved the big Labor Day party planned at our nephew's home tomorrow. Lots of swimming, great food, and a gentle nod to the last days of summer.
Recently my mom's younger sister sent me the photo above (my momma is the child in the photo above and my auntie is the toddler in my grandmother's arms). I love it so much. My mom would be so happy to know we have carried on without her...even though her passing brought us all many tears. I try and celebrate her life every chance I get...and yesterday was no different. Sweet memories of her in the kitchen and tender reminders of what she will always mean to me.
Today is Sunday...thoughts of faith...love...hope.
I have a long-time prayer that passes my lips every single day. Over twenty years now.
In God's time I will see it answered.
Love to you...
Rebecca
(P.S. My blog is page protected and that was done a LONG TIME AGO! Mr. AGPMan is TRYING to figure out how to remove it so you can easily copy photos or recipes! More soon!)
