This is actually a bread recipe but I prefer to bake them into muffins. Adding walnuts on the top makes them look and taste extra special. I've tried a few recipes for pumpkin bread and this one is my favorite.
Pumpkin Walnut Muffins
Makes 12-14
2 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 cup pumpkin
2-1/4 cups flour
1 TB pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped + more for tops of muffins
Preheat oven to 350-F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
In large bowl, whisk together the flour, pie spice, soda and salt. In a smaller bowl, combine eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin; mix well. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour the pumpkin mixture into the well; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in the walnuts.
Spoon batter into the muffin cups and fill all the way. Sprinkle tops with more chopped walnuts. Bake for ~20 min.
To make bread, grease and flour two 8 x 3-3/4 x 2-1/2 inch loaf pans. Pour batter into pans and sprinkle tops with walnuts. Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Happy Baking!
