Pumpkin Muffins with Maple Cream Recipe

When the autumn leaves start to turn and pumpkins seem to be everywhere here in Vermont, we get the urge to bake! One of our favorite fall recipes is delicious pumpkin muffins with maple butter or pure maple cream (made only with maple syrup, no butter mixed in). These muffins make a tasty breakfast during the foliage season, and especially on Thanksgiving morning. It's combining two wonderful flavors, pumpkin and maple! With a hot cup of coffee, these muffins are also a delicious mid-day snack! Give us your feedback.

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 large eggs, preferably Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs
• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 cup pumpkin puree (canned solid pumpkin)
• 4 Tbsp. melted unsalted butter
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• Pure Vermont Maple Cream or Maple Butter

In a medium mixing bowl or batter bowl sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt. In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, sugar, milk, pumpkin puree, melted butter and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix just until incorporated. Be careful not to over mix the batter. Divide the batter evenly into 12-muffin pan and bake at 375 degrees F until golden brown (approx. 20-25 minutes). Remove from the oven and let cool in muffin pan for 10 minutes then transfer to muffin basket and serve with Vermont maple cream or maple butter.

**Warm maple cream in the microwave to 15-20 seconds or until the cream is soft and easy to spread.

Toasted Maple Cream Banana Sandwich Recipe

For a wonderful breakfast, lunch, or evening snack, try making a Toasted Maple Cream Banana Sandwich. Simply toast a couple slices of bread, slice up a banana, smoother each side of toast with Pure Vermont Maple Cream, add the banana slices and your done!

Banana Maple Cream Sandwiches are absolutely delicious and also a fun lunch activity for children. Enjoy!

Maple Cream on Baked Potatoes

This is a particular favorite for PIECES OF VERMONT® website owner Rick Smith - maple cream on baked potatoes. When he's not making "Twice Baked Potatoes" with Vermont cheddar, he's spreading pure maple cream over a plain, ordinary baked potato. DELICIOUS!

Maple Butter Recipe

If you're interested in blended Maple Butter instead of pure Maple Cream, there are two ways to make it yourself. You can purchase Maple Cream and simply add your own butter, or start from scratch with maple syrup. To make maple butter from scratch... Whip 1 stick of butter in a food processor or with an electric beater until smooth. Dribble in syrup and mix well. Store refrigerated in a covered container. Keeps up to three weeks.

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