All month long I’ve been focusing on September apple recipes, but with October first just a couple of days away, I cracked and decided to share my first pumpkin recipe of the season. Part of me wanted to wait until it was officially October to share these muffins, but the other part of me just couldn’t wait. In the end, I figured that most of you would probably prefer to have this recipe sooner rather than later, so today we’re talking pumpkin coffee cake muffins (with cinnamon honey butter!!) and I’m pretty excited about it. As if you could not tell. It’s hard to believe, but I’ve never shared a pumpkin muffin with you guys before. Truthfully, I don’t have that many pumpkin recipes on HBH. I mean, there’s enough, but considering how often I share recipes, and especially how much I love autumn recipes, pumpkin doesn’t have nearly the presence here on HBH that it should. Plus, most of the pumpkin recipes I do have are savory ones. This fall that will all be changing. Because I am very much in a pumpkin state of mind, and all I want to do is bake with pumpkin and pumpkin spice. It’s kind of a problem, but it’s a problem I am very much embracing. If you guys have been keeping up with my daily posts recently, then you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been a little more anxious. All is good, but just a lot going on, so my anxiety has been a little worse these last couple of weeks. Whenever my anxiety flares up, I almost always find myself wanting to bake all things cozy. I find baking, especially fall baking, to be so incredibly relaxing. It reminds me of being a kid, and baking cookies with mom on cool fall days back in Ohio. I love it, and this is why you can expect lots of sweets this fall. It’s just the mood I’m in. SO, let me tell you about these here muffins. I tried two variations, loved them both, but in the end, I decided to go with my second version. This version won me over with its stuffed cream cheese. And when topped with cinnamon streusel, and served with cinnamon honey butter…yeah, it was pretty much a no brainer. All you really need to know is that every last bite of this muffin is beyond delicious. Think roll your eyes back good. These are moist, buttery, swirled with cream cheese, crumbly on top, perfectly sweetened, and soo very cinnamony. I couldn’t ask for a more perfect muffin. The batter is made simply, with the standard butter, eggs, and flour. The key here is using real pumpkin puree, and a good amount of it too. I used a full cup for major pumpkin flavor and moisture. For extra flavor and sweetness, I turned to sweet brown sugar, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice. For a creamy element, and to balance out some of the sweetness, I stuffed cream cheese into the middle of each muffin. Not sure if this seems weird or not, but trust me, it’s the best addition to a muffin. First, think of your favorite pumpkin spice bagels smeared with cream cheese. Now think of a moist pumpkin spiced muffin stuffed with cream cheese. YES…and it gets better. Add streusel to the top of each muffin, then bake, and smell all the deliciousness coming from your oven. These are so good. The smells alone are reason enough to make these muffins. So cozy, so autumn. The muffins themselves are great as it, but you all know me. I of course needed to take things a step further. Enter the cinnamon honey butter. I’d say this is optional, but really, it’s not. You just have to smear this all over your warm muffins. It’s the most indulgent addition, and it’s absolutely what your muffin needs. And it’s what YOU need too. Go with me on this, it’s fall, just go all out it. It’s really the only way. And with that, let’s call it the end the work week, welcome in the weekend, and bake up all the pumpkin coffee cake muffins! Enjoy, and see you tomorrow for our first “Spooky” Cocktail Saturday of the season! Watch the How To Video:
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