As much as I love taking pictures of just about anything, I have never been really excited about any of the food photos that I have taken. Maybe mastering food photography should be one of my goals for 2011. Regardless of how these muffins look….they tasted incredible. The family liked them, too, apparently. The other day I heard a certain teenager saying, “Oh, man! The muffins are gone?!”
It’s never too early in the year for pumpkin, right? PS – Please don’t judge me on the ingredients. It is worth it for the flavor.
Pumpkin Muffins
- 3 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup cooking oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 4 eggs
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 15-oz can pumpkin (I used 2 cups of pumpkin that I cooked, pureed and froze in November)
- Topping: below
1. Preheat the oven to 350. Line muffin tins with cupcake liners or spray the bottom of the cups with non-stick spray.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, oil, and applesauce with an electric mixer on med. speed. Add eggs and beat well.
3. In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients. Alternately add flour mixture and water to sugar mixture, beating on low speed after each addition. Beat in pumpkin after the rest is combined. Spoon batter into prepared pans. Sprinkle each muffin with topping.
4. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
5. Eat warm with a little bit of butter. Yum!
Topping: In a bowl, stir together 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup dry oatmeal or granola, 3 Tbsp brown sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Cut in 4 Tbsp softened butter until the mixture is crumbly. Nuts work well to mix in, too!
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Those look and sound delicious! I can’t take pictures of food either!
It was your recipe blog and pictures that inspired me to start mine (way back when)! We love pumpkin treats all year long at our house. :)
I would love to be a better food photographer.
They look yummy to me and I believe pumpkin can and should be eatten all year round!
YUMMY.. I might have to try those out this weekend!!
I think the picture is great! You’re too hard on yourself.
They look delicious : ) What is to judge about the ingredients? It all sounds perfect to me!
I could’t comment or link last night when I tried repeatedly : ) I am glad you got it fixed!
Yum!
Oh how I love Pumpkin ANYTHING!
That pumpkin bread/muffins look soooo good. I’m not much for photographing my food either – I’m way too concerned about eating it.
Oh man, no judging here – those look amazing (and I love pumpkin all winter long!)
Mmmmmmm…I love pumpkin muffins. They never last long around here either.
Since you have a foodie photo this week (and a lovely one at that), you should link up and join our Friday Food Fight this week.
http://deniseisrundmt.com/2011/01/07/gonna-make-you-sweat/
Looks and sounds great to me!
Have a wonderful weekend, Lolli!
Food photography is so hard if you don’t have the perfect natural light! I am still trying to figure it out myself. Your muffins look delicious though :)
I they the photo looks great and the food. ;-) My daughter is a huge fan of pumpkin… pumpkin bread, pumpkin ice cream (weird if you ask me), pumpkin pie, etc. She also loves to bake. I’ll share this with her and maybe we’ll try a new treat this weekend.
I love everything pumpkin. Now if you threw some chocolate chips in these muffins then I would be in heaven!
Thanks for keeping us updated on Cecily. I hope she knows how much we miss her!
i really do think there’s an art to it! they look pretty yummy to me!