Pumpkin Streusel Muffins with Maple Glaze

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Pumpkin Streusel Muffins with Maple Glaze

Pumpkin Streusel Muffins are buttery soft and flavored with real pumpkin and cozy spices like cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Dress them up with a crumbly brown sugar streusel and a drizzle of maple glaze! Perfect for breakfast, dessert, or a grab-and-go snack!

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine Breakfast, Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert

Keyword Easy Pumpkin Muffins, Easy Pumpkin Recipes, Pumpkin Brunch Recipes

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 20

Servings muffins

Calories 470kcal

Author Stephanie Simmons

Ingredients

For the Muffins

One 15 ounce can pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
1 and 1/2 cups vegetable oil
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed 165 grams
1 cup granulated sugar 220 grams
4 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour, spooned & leveled 390 grams
1 and 1/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 and 1/4 tsp ginger
3/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/8 tsp cardamom (If you don't have any, simply omit)

For the Streusel

3/4 cup salted butter, melted (12 tbsp, or 170 grams)
1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned & leveled 195 grams
1/4 cup granulated sugar 54 grams
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed 55 grams
1 and 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt

For the Maple Glaze:

1 and 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbsp real maple syrup
2 tbsp milk any type works
cinnamon, to taste start with a little and add more to taste

Instructions

Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a muffin tin well with cooking spray or line with paper liners.
Make the Streusel: Melt the butter in a medium mixing bowl. Add remaining streusel ingredients and stir until a semi-crumbly mixture forms. It won't be super dry and crumbly - but it shouldn't be super wet. Add 1 extra tablespoon of flour if it's too wet to crumble over the muffins.
Make the Muffins: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, oil, sugars, eggs, and vanilla. Add all the dry ingredients and stir in just until everything is combined and the last streaks of flour disappear. Don't over mix.
Bake the Muffins: Fill the muffin cups with batter, filling them a little over 2/3 full. (An ice cream scoop makes this easy!) Top each with a generous sprinkle of the streusel, and press it gently into the batter so it doesn't fall off as the muffins rise in the oven. Bake for 18-23 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out with some moist crumbs clinging to it.
Make the Glaze: Whisk glaze ingredients together in a small bowl until smooth. Adjust the consistency with a splash more milk if it's thicker than you like. Adjust cinnamon to taste.
Serve + Store: Let the muffins cool in the pan for a few minutes, then gently remove them (I find that using a butter knife to get under them and gently push them up and out works well). Drizzle with the glaze and enjoy while warm!
Store leftover muffins in an airtight container at room temp for 2-4 days.

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