Scratch Muffin Mix Recipe, This Time With Pumpkin Spice

 This pumpkin spice thing.  It's a recipe I have used for years and I keep it on hand because it is a nice change of pace.  

It works in Coffee, Homemade Soap, and this time I made Muffins with it.

I used a Tablespoon in this mix that is completely from scratch because I wanted something a little different in the freezer for snacks.  The picture has Raisins along with the Pumpkin Spice and the trick with baking with them is to add the raisins to a coffee mug with equal amounts of boiling water and allow them to soak.  It adds a little bit of chew.  Drain off the water, and bake as your "add in" on the muffin mix.  One cup of add ins by volume is recommended.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups All Purpose Flour
• 2/3 cups Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 2 teaspoons Powdered Milk or Buttermilk Powder

Process:

Makes 12 Muffins - I put the batter in a plastic bag, snip the corner off, then pipe it into the muffin cups.  Nice and even sized muffins.

Add Mix to bowl with the following Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup Milk
• 1 Egg, Beaten
• 1/4 cup Melted Butter
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup of add ins such as Nuts/Raisins/Chocolate Chips
• To make Chocolate Muffins - Add 4 Tablespoons Cocoa
• To make Pumpkin Spice Muffins - Add 1 Tablespoon Pumpkin Spice Mix

Bake at 350F for 18 minutes and remove when toothpick inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean.