Pumpkin Squash Cranberry-Walnut Muffins
My 4x12 garden plot at the Primrose Community garden in Orlando is being taken over by two wandering Seminole pumpkin squash plants. Harvest for pumpkin squash is still about fourty days away, but one of my delightful little babies got a catapillar or two. At the advice of the garden manager, Tia, I snipped the three pound, slightly greenish-orange pumpkin from its stalk. I brought it home for a good soaking, trimmed the desicated area, sliced it in half and baked it for an hour. The moist, orange flesh became the base for my muffins.
Total Steps
17
Ingredients
11
Tools Needed
6
Ingredients
- 0 2 cups of <a href="/GFHV22PG">baked pumpkin </a><a href="/SC82FWPG">squash </a>
- 0 1 <a href="/674TVKM7">stick </a><a href="/3XTHR638">butter </a>
- 0 2 <a href="/2PVT278D">eggs </a>
- 0 1 cup <a href="/6H6G87VP">sugar </a>
- 0 1 1/4 cup <a href="/4YMSSPXL">flour </a>
- 0 1/2 teaspoon <a href="/XBPNFKYS">salt </a>
- 0 1 teaspoon <a href="/DFZK36N8">baking soda </a>
- 0 1/2 teaspoon <a href="/LR6J3M3S">cinnamon </a>
- 0 1 teaspoon <a href="/SCWTQ5DZ">vanilla </a>
- 0 1/2 cup chopped <a href="/5XYDFFK2">walnuts </a>
- 0 1/2 cup <a href="/NLDQRMJN">dried cranberries</a>
Instructions
Step 1
<a href="/H3S4YV46">Preheat oven </a>350 degrees.
Step 2
Spray muffin pan (or one loaf pan for <a href="/482ZKJDV">bread) </a>with olive oil spray.
Step 3
Place <a href="/RF7SRX43">dry </a>ingredients in a medium bowl.
Step 4
<a href="/7S3QCKWK">Mix </a>and set aside.
Step 5
<a href="/TCTHBPYH">Whip </a>eggs in a small bowl.
Step 6
Add vanilla and <a href="/S6W4FR7F">blend. </a>Set aside.
Step 7
<a href="/6L7QNTJV">Chop </a>walnut coarsely. Set aside.
Step 8
Place sugar and butter in a large bowl.
Step 9
<a href="/S6W4FR7F">Blend </a>with an electric <a href="/S6W4FR7F">blender </a>on medium speed until creamy.
Step 10
Add egg mixture a little at a time incorporating until smooth.
Step 11
Add pumpkin squash, allowing for a few chunks to remain. (Mixture will look slightly curdled-no worries.) Remove mixer.
Step 12
<a href="/8M4FMXQ6">Fold </a><a href="/RF7SRX43">dry </a>mixture into wet <a href="/7S3QCKWK">mix </a>until incorporated.
Step 13
<a href="/8M4FMXQ6">Fold </a>in walnuts and cranberries.
Step 14
<a href="/G463W56J">Scoop </a>mixture into muffin (ice <a href="/R3P5MM3Z">cream </a><a href="/G463W56J">scoop </a>works best).
Step 15
<a href="/RNT367Z2">Bake </a>30 minutes in <a href="/R34ZSY3M">top </a>half of oven.
Step 16
Remove from oven.
Step 17
Pop muffins on side in muffin pan to <a href="/GZFHJC5K">cool. </a>Enjoy!