{"id":449,"date":"2008-10-25T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2008-10-25T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T21:04:00","slug":"pumpkin-gingerbread-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Gingerbread Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay &#8211; I will come clean.  I had a lot of pumpkin a couple falls ago when I first came up with this recipe, but now I have a lot of squash, so that is what I used to make these today.  Pumpkin and squash are very nearly interchangeable as far as I am concerned, and they are equally delicious in these.<\/p>\n<p>This is what you need.  [I will come back later to try and figure out what stupid thing Blogger is doing with my images the past few days that makes them 400pixels wide instead of 500 like they are supposed to be.  Makes me glad that I am moving to Word Press and my own domain soon.]<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKQPXMxjI\/AAAAAAAADlE\/xfNIqF8oF_Y\/s1600-h\/ingred.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 222px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKQPXMxjI\/AAAAAAAADlE\/xfNIqF8oF_Y\/s400\/ingred.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261200801305249330\" \/><\/a><br \/>1 cup pureed pumpkin or winter squash<br \/>3\/4 cup dark molasses<br \/>1\/4 cup vegetable oil<br \/>1 egg<br \/>freshly grated zest from 1\/2 lemon<br \/>about 1 inch piece of fresh ginger, grated [1 teaspoon ground]<br \/>1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg [1\/2 teaspoon from the can]<br \/>1 teaspoon cinnamon<br \/>Mix all of that together until it is thoroughly combined and then mix in<br \/>2 cups all purpose flour<br \/>1\/2 teaspoon salt<br \/>1 teaspoon baking powder<br \/>Not too much &#8211; just until it comes together<\/p>\n<p>Scoop batter evenly into 12 lined cups in a heavy muffin tin.<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKQImHvDI\/AAAAAAAADlM\/T9wOeiPDiJ8\/s1600-h\/disher.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 148px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKQImHvDI\/AAAAAAAADlM\/T9wOeiPDiJ8\/s400\/disher.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261200799488785458\" \/><\/a>Bake around 20 to 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven.  They tend to be a little damp, so don&#8217;t take them out too soon.  Cool on a rack<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKQayuiaI\/AAAAAAAADlU\/fNjF_TwYtZA\/s1600-h\/cool.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKQayuiaI\/AAAAAAAADlU\/fNjF_TwYtZA\/s400\/cool.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261200804373498274\" \/><\/a>Look pretty good don&#8217;t they?<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKQtMIeJI\/AAAAAAAADlc\/WiGVAHD43JM\/s1600-h\/basket.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKQtMIeJI\/AAAAAAAADlc\/WiGVAHD43JM\/s400\/basket.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261200809311893650\" \/><\/a>Even better!<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKx1E0EvI\/AAAAAAAADls\/lBl_O6nIrow\/s1600-h\/butter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 213px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8YuevXJXjqg\/SQOKx1E0EvI\/AAAAAAAADls\/lBl_O6nIrow\/s400\/butter.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261201378364363506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay &#8211; I will come clean. 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