Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon powdered ginger

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon allspice

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 large eggs

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups pureed pumpkin

3/4 cup chopped pecans*

4 Tablespoons brown sugar*

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a medium muffin pan.

Mix the flours, spices, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together.

In a separate bowl, mix the sugar, oil, eggs,vanilla & pumpkin. Add flour mixture just until combined. Pour into prepared muffin pan 2/3 full.

*variation… mix nuts & brown sugar, spoon a TBL spoon onto each muffin before baking.

Bake for 20 minutes. Until toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes and turn out onto a cooling rack.