10/21/08

TWD: Pumpkin Muffins


Ok so I sort of fell behind this week with Tuesdays with Dorie. This week Kelly from Sounding My Barbaric Gulp! picked some lovely pumpkin muffins for us to bake. I went shopping for the ingredients last night- but because I was house-sitting in a different neighborhood I couldn't find everything I needed at the grocery store- namely pumpkin. Dorie's recipe calls for unsweetened pumpkin puree- well I thought that would be easy enough to find because it's almost Thanksgiving and everyone is making pumpkin pies, pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, etc. Well, this is all I could find:


It's organic, which is nice, but it already had cane syrup, cloves, cinnamon, and about five other spices in it. I was brave and I used it anyway. I omitted the brown sugar and reduced the amount of white sugar and completely did without the spices that Dorie calls for- so it was sort of like her recipe. Oh yeah, and did I mention that the store only carried low-fat buttermilk?


So I mixed it all up last night, realized I was really late for something, stuck it in the fridge, and pulled it out this morning. Let's just say the consistency was very different this morning-much, much thicker- which I had of course anticipated. So I baked them up anyway- what did I have to lose? Well, they turned out pretty good- if I hadn't known about all of my little snafus- I would probably have loved them- but you know how it is when you wonder if they would have been even better if everything had been just right? These have a great dense and moist texture- and I actually loved the addition of the raisins and the sunflower seeds. I will definitely make these again... and I will use all the proper ingredients and mix them and immediately bake them!

8 comments:

Wandering Coyote said...

Oh, how I love pumpkin muffins...

Emily said...

I bet these were great. The pie filling actually looks good to me.

Meg said...

They look amazing!

Prudy said...

I think they look wonderful. I only buy the lowfat buttermilk so that's what I used also. Count it as a success!

TeaLady said...

Well, despite your snafus, they look great. Pie filling may have made them tastier.

TeaLady said...

Oh, btw. I am also in Louisiana - Pineville. Nice to meet someone in LA.

Anonymous said...

where did you find that pumpkin pie mix?!?!?! i can't find it at my grocery store. they only have libby's but i'd prefer to get organic if possible. those muffins look sooo good btw.

Rosie said...

Just beautiful muffins!! I haven't been able to find any pumpkin puree in the area of the U.K. I live. Assistance in a large supermarket looked gone out at me when I asked if they sold it! I have to make my own from fresh pumpkin *sob*

Rosie x