The recipe I have chose to make is pumpkin muffins. I decided to make this recipe because I was limited as to what I had in the house and my only resource left was baking. I thought I would try to make one of my moms famous recipes, pumpkin spice muffins! There is in fact a story behind this recipe. Usually in the fall or winter my mom would make these muffins when my siblings and I were at school, she surprised us every time and we were always so excited! These muffins are one of my sisters favourite special treats and because her birthday is coming up I had decided to make these for her. However, I made some changes to the recipe to make them more cupcake and party like. Usually this recipe only includes making the muffins but I decided to add some cinnamon icing and crumb topping to the top to make them even more flavourful! I was unsure how they were going to taste as I have never added anything to the recipe but they turned out even better than the original muffins! I have also learnt a new skill which is how to coat the muffins in the icing and sprinkle the crumb topping on top so it would stick. It took me a couple of tries to get the right amount of topping and icing but they turned out exactly how I expected… great! My mom and dad loved them. They said they were delicious and the icing was a perfect cinnamon flavour. I am also very happy with how these turned out. My sister has not yet tried them because they are a surprise but I am sure she will love the changes I made to the recipe.

Recipe:

Pumpkin Muffins

• 2/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 cup of quick bread mix
• 2 tablespoons of pecans

Crumb Topping

• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter (melted)
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour

Cinnamon Icing

• 5 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1-2 teaspoons milk (more, if needed)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Below is pumpkin muffin batter

Next is the muffins before they are out into the oven

Lastly is the final product! In the picture below you will see the muffins coated in crumb topping and cinnamon icing!