White Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Muffins

The perfect fall muffin recipe. The combination of the pumpkin and white chocolate are reminiscent of pumpkin cheesecake. Yum! For a lighter muffin be sure to sift your flour and level off the measuring cup. Do not over-mix batter to ensure your muffins are tender.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 323 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ⅓ cup milk
• ¼ teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¾ cup white chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• ½ cup pumpkin puree, or as needed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 9 muffin cups with paper muffin liners.

Step 3

Whisk 1 1/2 cups sifted flour, white sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Stir pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, milk, egg, vanilla extract, and lemon extract together in another bowl.

Step 4

Pour pumpkin puree mixture into flour mixture; stir until batter is just combined.

Step 5

Stir white chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon flour together in a bowl until chips are coated. Fold chips into batter; spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.