Sweet Butternut Squash Muffins
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
12
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Ingredients for - Sweet Butternut Squash Muffins

1. Cooking spray -
2. Butternut squash, halved lengthwise and seeded - 1
3. Water, as needed - 1
4. White sugar - ¾ cup
5. Butter - 3 tablespoons
6. All-purpose flour - 1 cup
7. Oats - ¾ cup
8. Baking powder - 2 ½ teaspoons
9. Ground cinnamon - ½ teaspoon
10. Ground nutmeg - ½ teaspoon
11. Ground allspice - ½ teaspoon
12. Salt - ¼ teaspoon
13. Eggs - 2
14. Milk - ½ cup
15. Sour cream - 1 tablespoon
16. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
17. Pecan halves - 12

How to cook deliciously - Sweet Butternut Squash Muffins

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Prepare 12 muffin cups with cooking spray or line with paper liners and prepare the liners with cooking spray.

2. Stage

Put squash into a roasting pan with cut sides down. Pour enough water into pan to fill 1/2-inch deep.

3. Stage

Roast squash in preheated oven until flesh is easily pierced through with a fork, about 45 minutes. Remove roasting pan and reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

4. Stage

Scoop hot squash into a large bowl and mash until no large chunks remain. Stir sugar and butter into the squash.

5. Stage

Whisk flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt together in a bowl.

6. Stage

Beat eggs, milk, sour cream, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Stirring constantly, add a spoonful of squash mixture into the egg mixture to temper it before adding egg mixture to the squash mixture; stir.

7. Stage

Fold flour mixture into the squash mixture until just incorporated; spoon into muffin tins. Top each with a pecan half.

8. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes.