October, the month of cozy pumpkin recipes! If you bake nothing else this month (which, who are we kidding, we are baking all of the pumpkin recipes, right?!) please make these! Hands down my favorite muffin recipe to date… the Greek yogurt make these super moist, the vanilla apple glaze adds a little bit of an extra flavor in addition to the pumpkin and the flaky Maldon sea salt on top brings the perfect balance to the sweetness.
Baking Essentials
Pumpkin Muffins with Vanilla Apple Glaze
The Greek yogurt make these super moist, the vanilla apple glaze adds a little bit of an extra flavor in addition to the pumpkin and the flaky Maldon sea salt on top brings the perfect balance to the sweetness.
Ingredients
- 1 stick melted butter (4 oz)
- 1 c brown sugar
- 1/4 c sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 TB Greek yogurt (heaping TB)
- 1 can of pumpkin puree
- 2 ⅓ c flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 TB Maldon Sea Salt (for topping)
Vanilla Apple Glaze
- 1/4 c apple butter
- 2 c powdered sugar
- 3 TB milk
- dash of cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together melted butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Add in your eggs, pumpkin puree, Greek yogurt and vanilla and mix until incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, sea salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- Slowly pour dry mixture into wet and mix until just combined.
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into prepared muffin tin. This recipe makes 15 muffins.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
- While your muffins are baking, make the glaze by combing all ingredients together in a bowl and mixing until smooth.
- Once the muffins are cooked, cool for 5 minutes before removing them from the tin.
- Pour glaze overtop of muffins and sprinkle with Maldon sea salt.
- Enjoy!
Notes
This recipe makes 15 muffins
