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I make muffins a lot. Mostly because they seem to disappear so fast. After I got home from yoga this evening I decided to make these pumpkin muffins. EEP! I realized I was out of cinnamon! So…..instead of using just cinnamon I created a  new spice mix to use in my recipe. These turned out really well and I would definitely make them again!

Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup margarine or butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup canned pure pumpkin
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp allspice
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup raisins or dried cranberries

1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Beat butter and sugar for a minute, then add egg, pumpkin and vanilla and beat until well blended. 

2. In another bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Add 1/3 of the dry mixture to the pumpkin mixture, beating until just combined. Add half the buttermilk, then add another one third flour, the remaining buttermilk and remaining flour along with the dried fruit. Pour batter into 12 lined muffin tins and bake for 20 minutes.