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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffs (with a twist)

This photo is actually of the second batch I made. These are a little skimpy on the chocolate chips (used what I had) but maybe they will pass…

One can of pumpkin, it finally dawned on me, will make 2 batches (about 24 muffs). This saves from having to save pumpkin in the fridge.

(It’s not exactly 2 cups in the can, I don’t think, but – eh….)

But, I didn’t want to use one whole can of pumpkin in case my idea for a slightly different pumpkin chocolate chip muff turned out not so good.

This is what I snuck in the batter and then baked  :)

Okay – not the whole box of packets – just one.

One organic oatmeal chocolate chip packet.

I didn’t tell Cali, but I did tell Rick cuz he just needs to know food things sometimes.

Anyway… Cali ate them with no complaints and no questions!

SCORE!

And Rick decided that it wasn’t so bad.

There really isn’t that much oatmeal in them, but you can ‘feel’ it when you eat these muffs.

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I’d love it if all us us here on Dakota would gobble up a bowl of oatmeal every morning. It’s so Healthy! But, it’s just not gonna happen. Carice will eat it, but doesn’t often. And I will, too, but even for me, it has to be just so and I just can’t seem to make myself eat it more often like I should.

Anyway…

Besides. Who would really eat chocolate chip oatmeal? Maybe Carice. Although, she chose the plain version from the giant Costco box when she had it not to long ago; to which I add brown sugar on top :)

Here’s the recipe if you’d like to try them.

I had a no-salt version of banana bread that I *tweaked* and this is another *tweaked* variation of that:

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins w/ Oatmeal – makes around/almost ? 24)

1 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

1 can (15oz) pumpkin or 2 cups

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1 cup wheat flour

1 cup white flour

2 packages of  instant oatmeal chocolate chip

4 eggs

1 tsp baking soda

1 or2 tsp vanilla

3/4 cups semi sweet (or milk) chocolate chips x 2 –sorry I can’t add 3/4 cups together :)

brown sugar

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With Electric Mixer: cream butter with sugar; add spices, vanilla and baking soda. Mix in eggs, flours and oatmeal. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.

Use paper-lined cupcake tins and sprinkle brown sugar on top.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Cut recipe in half if you want to make 12 muffs.

Posted by Shelley