Why are my pumpkin muffins so dense?
Too much leavening – If there is too much baking soda or powder in the batter, muffins will rise temporarily, then collapse. This causes them to become dense.
How do you make muffins moist?
So the the 3 simple secrets for beautifully soft and moist blueberry muffins are:
- use butter AND oil -butter makes things tasty but oil makes things moist. So use both!
- don’t mix the batter more than 12 times ; and.
- don’t bake for longer than 20 minutes.
What else can you do with a pumpkin?
14 delicious uses for Halloween pumpkins
- Roasted pumpkin seeds.
- Make pumpkin puree.
- Pickled pumpkin rinds.
- Bake a pumpkin pie.
- Make your own pumpkin spice latte.
- Make pumpkin chili.
- Dehydrate your own pumpkin pie leather.
- Bake some pumpkin bread or muffins.
What type of flour makes the fluffiest muffins?
Cake Flour
Cake Flour – Makes these muffins super tender and fluffy. If you can’t find cake flour you can use all-purpose flour instead.
What is the secret to good muffins?
10 tips for perfect muffins
- Mix wet and dry separately. To prevent the mix from being overworked, first mix the wet ingredients together in one bowl and mix the dry ingredients in another.
- Don’t over stir.
- Add your flavours last.
- Line the pan.
- Use an ice cream scoop.
- Don’t overfill.
- Add a flavourful sprinkle.
- Fill up the pan.
Is a pumpkin a fruit or vegetable?
FruitPumpkin / Fruit or Vegetable
The answer may surprise you! A pumpkin is, in fact, a fruit. According to expert Joe Masabni, Ph. D., Texas A&M Agri Life Extension Service vegetable specialist in Dallas, scientifically speaking, a pumpkin is a fruit simply because anything that starts from a flower is botanically a fruit.
Can you freeze raw pumpkin?
You can freeze raw or cooked pumpkin for up to three months. Dice raw pumpkin and store in freezer bags or containers. Cooked pumpkin can be frozen in pieces or puréed. Add thawed cooked pumpkin to soups and salads, and thawed raw to casseroles and bakes.