Stacey's pumpkin chocolate-chip muffins

By gwen -

 My friend Stacey Simpson Duke died in February. She was an incredible person in every way possible, and she used to make these pumpkin muffins for her family in the fall. I've made them a bunch of times too (using oat milk or regular milk instead of the almond), and I want to make sure I never lose the recipe. 

Here's the link from her blog, together with her original description. I'll always think about her -- NOT baking bacon at the same time -- when I'm making them. They're the best, just like she was.

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I think I’ve probably posted about these before. It’s a recipe from Vegan with a Vengeance : Over 150 Delicious, Cheap, Animal-Free Recipes That Rock*. I’ve always loved this book. It no longer jibes with my paleo ways, but it’s my kids’ favorite pumpkin muffin recipe, so I oblige. I adapted it to exclude soy milk (which we do not drink), to lower the amount of sugar, and to include chocolate chips.

  • 1 3/4 C all-purpose flour
  • 1 C sugar
  • 1 T baking powder
  • 1/4 t salt
  • 1 t ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 t ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 t ground ginger
  • 1/4 t ground allspice
  • 1 C pureed pumpkin
  • 1/2 C unsweetened almond milk
  • 1/2 C canola oil
  • 2 T blackstrap molasses
  • 1 C ghiradelli semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 400F. Lightly grease a 12-muffin tin. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and spices. In a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin, almond milk, oil, and molasses. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix. Fold in the chocolate chips. Fill the muffin cups 2/3-full. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Do not try to bake bacon in the oven at the same time, or you risk burning the muffins. Trust me on this. Maybe you never try to bake bacon at the same time as anything else, but I do! Let cool for about 5 minutes. Enjoy!

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Kelly said…
I want to hear more about this bacon incident. Also, this sounds delish but with dried fruit. I don't know why, but I do not like pumpkin and chocolate together.
9:26 AM
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