Everything Autumn Muffins recipe

Temperature: 325 ° F

Ingredients

Muffins:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon  baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon  baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon  ground cloves
  • 2  eggs
  • 1/2 cup  brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup  sugar
  • 4 ounces  cream cheese, softened
  • 2 tablespoons  bourbon
  • 1 1/4 cups prepared mincemeat, such as Borden None Such
  • 1/4 cup  canola oil
  • 3/4 cup  mashed cooked sweet potato
  • 3/4 cup  chopped pecans
Nut Topping:
  • 1/3 cup  finely ground pecans
  • 2 tablespoons  turbinado sugar
  • 1 teaspoon  flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon  ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon  butter, melted

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly butter a 12-cup Kaiser muffin pan, or use paper liners.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices. Set aside. In a separate bowl, using a hand mixer on medium-high beat eggs and sugars until thickened. Add cream cheese, blending until smooth. Stir in the bourbon, mincemeat, oil, sweet potato and pecans until well blended. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture just until blended. Divide batter between the 12 muffin cups.
In a small bowl toss nut topping ingredients with a fork until blended. Sprinkle the tops of muffins with this mixture then bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove muffins from the oven and cool in pan for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from pan and cool on rack.
Makes 12 muffins.

Submitted By: B. Baker - Mount Clemens, MI