Baking has always been one of my favorite hobbies. If I have some free time, anyone can almost guarantee that I’ll be in the kitchen!

This past week the excitement of fall, my favorite season, really got to me, so I couldn’t help but make something pumpkin flavored! I searched all over online until I found the perfect recipe: chocolate chip pumpkin muffins. As I write this I wish that I could give each and every person reading this one of these muffins but for many reasons, I can’t. So the next best thing that I can do is share the recipe with all of you!

To begin, I set my oven to 400 ° Fahrenheit. I also lined a cupcake pan with liners. This recipe makes about 30 cupcakes so depending on the occasion, you may want to cut these ingredients in half! The next thing I did was mix together the eggs, pumpkin, oil, and vanilla in a large bowl until they were smooth. After that, I mixed all of the dry ingredients in a separate bowl. I then poured the dry into the wet ingredients and blended those together very well. Now, this part is optional, you can add chocolate chips and/or pecans to your recipe. I just added chocolate chips and they were simply divine! Lastly, I scooped the batter into the paper liners about ¾ full and baked for 18 minutes.

RECIPE:

4 eggs

2 cups of sugar

2 cups (16 oz) pumpkin puree

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 ¼ vegetable oil (canola oil works too!)

3 cups of flour

2 teaspoons of baking soda

2 teaspoons of baking powder

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice

1 teaspoon of salt

1 ½ cup of chocolate chips