Pumpkin Muffins With A Twist

• 2 cups pumpkin puree
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2/3 cup applesauce
• 1/3 cup safflower oil
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup shelled, raw pumpkin seeds (optional)
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or line 3 muffin pans.
2. Mix pumpkin, sugar, applesauce, oil, and eggs together in a bowl until well blended; fold in pumpkin seeds. Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and baking powder together in a separate bowl. Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until just combined; pour batter among prepared muffin cups.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

pumpkin puree, white sugar, applesauce, safflower oil, eggs, pumpkin seeds, allpurpose, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, salt, baking powder

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/229500/pumpkin-muffins-with-a-twist/ (may not work)