Jumbo Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins

Jumbo Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins

Makes 6

Ingredients

1 ⅔ cups plus ¼ cup flour, divided
½ cup plus 3 tbsp. dark brown sugar, divided
1 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon, divided
2 tbsp. roasted and salted pepitas, roughly chopped
1 ½ tbsp. Kowalski's Unsalted Butter, cold
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. ground ginger
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg (or freshly grated nutmeg)
½ tsp. kosher salt
2 eggs
1 ¼ cups (about ¾ can) pumpkin purée (not pie filling)
¾ cup sugar
½ cup canola oil
¼ cup whole milk
¾ cup Kowalski's Cranberry Sauce or Christmas Jam (from the Grocery Department)
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Directions
  1. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together ¼ cup flour, 3 tbsp. brown sugar, ¼ tsp. cinnamon and pepitas. Using your fingertips, rub butter into dry ingredients until crumbly; set crumb mixture aside in the refrigerator.
  2. Preheat oven to 375°.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together remaining flour, remaining brown sugar, remaining cinnamon, baking soda, spices and salt; set aside.
  4. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk eggs with pumpkin purée, white sugar, oil and milk.
  5. Using a silicone spatula, gently fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until moistened (lumps may remain).
  6. Line a jumbo muffin pan with 6 paper baking cups; fill with batter about ¼ full.
  7. Add a robust teaspoonful of cranberry sauce to each cup; fill muffin cups about ¾ full of batter.
  8. Top each cup evenly with remaining cranberry sauce. Using a chopstick or wooden skewer, swirl sauce into batter in an "S" pattern (do not overmix). Let batter rest at room temperature for about 15 min.; sprinkle evenly with crumb mixture. 
  9. Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean with just a few moist crumbs attached (28-31 min.).
  10. Remove from oven; cool muffins in pan for 5 min.
  11. Transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.

Note:

  • You can use this recipe to make 12 standard-size muffins instead of jumbos; they will take about 7-8 min. less to bake.