pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.

It seems as though recently everyone's been talking about pumpkin and chocolate creations recently. So, in honor of this new obsession, I made some pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.

Here's how.

The ingredients:

4 eggs

2 cups of sugar (I mixed brown and white to give it a little extra flavor)

1 can (15 oz) pumpkin puree

1 tsp vanilla

1 & 1/4 cups of vegetable oil (this seemed like a lot, so I used 1 cup applesauce and 1/4 cup oil)

3 cups of flour

2 tsps baking soda

2 tsps baking powder

2 tsp cinnamon (I added a little extra)

1 tsp salt

12 oz chocolate chips (I used less because I didn't want the chocolate to overpower the pumpkin)

I also added nutmeg (I sprinkled it in, so I'm not sure how much.

Directions:

First, I mixed all the wet ingredients + sugar together (eggs, sugar, pumpkin, vanilla, and oil &/or applesauce).

Second, I combined all the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg) and stirred them into the pumpkin mixture.

Fourth, I folded in the chocolate chips.

Lastly, I greased the muffin pan and filled the cups 3/4 full. And then baked them for 16-20 minutes (mine came out just right at 18 min).

The finished product:

And, a very special birthday shoutout goes to JJ (Veronique's son) who turned 1 today!!!! JJ, you're too cute for words. Thanks for flying all the way to san francisco to meet me. I wish you all the happiness in this next year of life! --Love "Auntie" CG

See? Isn't he cute?