Pumpkin Butter Morning Glory Muffins
For as long as I can remember rainy days have made me want to do two things: bake and jump in puddles. Today I did both, jumping in two huge puddles after teaching 5th grade all morning, then taking a long, hot shower before making a batch of Pumpkin Butter Morning Glory Muffins. Needless to say, today was a good day. 
I don’t know where morning glory muffins get their name, but since these ones are packed with whole wheat flour, wheat germ, grated carrots, diced apples, raisins and walnuts, “morning glory” seems an apt name. What’s more glorious than a muffin like this in the wee hours of the day? You can bet your bottom dollar I’ll be eating one of these tomorrow morning as I sip a mug of coffee and watch the beginning of a Stargate SG-1 episode.
Pumpkin butter from Silverman’s Farm adds oomph to these muffins, giving them a touch of spice and a lot of moist, rich flavor. If you don’t have an establishment like Silverman’s Farm nearby, Trader Joe’s sells a pumpkin butter that I hear is pretty good, or you could try your hand at making it from scratch with a recipe like this. (Edit: Also, Stonewall Kitchen’s Maple Pumpkin Butter would be great in this recipe. Thanks to Kristina for reminding me about this one!)
Next up, a luscious homemade Tiramisu made with Storyville coffee. I hope to post the recipe on Wednesday or Thursday – until then!
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Pumpkin Butter Morning Glory Muffins (My Recipe)
Ingredients: Makes 16 regular sized muffins or 8 jumbo muffins
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 cup pumpkin butter (Edit: Yes, apple butter would work!)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons toasted wheat germ
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups grated carrots
- 1 large apple, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 cup raisins or currants
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and lightly spray your muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray like PAM.
In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, egg whites, olive oil, pumpkin butter, vanilla and brown sugar. Make sure the brown sugar is thoroughly incorporated.
In a large bowl combine the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, wheat germ, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Now stir in the grated carrots, raisins, walnuts and chopped apple pieces. Add the pumpkin butter mixture and stir until the batter is just combined. Don’t over-stir the batter.
Spoon batter into muffin tins, filling each cup about 3/4 full. Bake for 15-20 minutes for regular sized muffins (cupcake sized) and for 25-30 minutes for jumbo muffins. The muffins are done when golden in color and when they spring back when lightly pressed.
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Haha oooh yes, I did a LOT of baking today (which was a rainy day) – no puddle-jumping though, since I’m a clean freak
LOOOOVE those muffins!!
I love pumpkin anytime of the year. The muffins look absolutely delicious!
LOVE PUMPKIN BUTTER AND MUFFINS!!!
I am so making these this weekend! I love pumpkin baked goods.
Everything you make look so amazing. I have this on my list, and I’m not even much of a baker
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Jumping in puddles is alot of fun, I also used to do that on a rainy day as I walked home from school.
Pumpkin Butter Morning Glory Muffins with a hot cup of coffee makes for a wonderful start to the day, or a midday snack, or an evening snack, okay…anytime.
Yumm! I love pumpkin
Abs. glorious muffin!
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I love pumpkin and I love muffins, so this looks like a win win recipe! And a healthy dose of goodness packed in every muffin, I’ll have to try these!
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Those muffins look incredible!! Sounds like you had a perfect day
Delicious muffins….
What beautiful muffins! Perfect looking and really tempting!
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Rosa
Those look yummy!! Will definitely have to try those out soon. Would actually love to do some baking soon, but I can’t seem to get my kitchen clean in order to do it!!!
These look so delish, I have a soft spot for muffins. Anything single serving is fantastic in my mind. Have a great week, Ari!
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I love you recipes! But a little question since i am from the netherlands and we don’t have pumkin puree or butter here, could you subsitute the pumpkin butter with something else?
Inge – You could use apple butter or, if that isn’t available, applesauce if you add about a 1/4 teaspoon each of cloves and all spice. You’ll have to play around with the spices a bit if you use applesauce since it doesn’t have spices already mixed it.
Looks yummy!!I’m making a batch of these today!!!
These sound pretty healthy, which is usually my breakfast morning muffin problem (hello streusel topping!). You need something hearty like this to get your day started right. Especially a Monday!
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Those look so good. I am a pumpkin lover anytime of the year.
Yay! Pumpkin’s back! These loook delicious…but I must say I am way too excited for your upcoming tiramisu recipe! That’s my absolulte favorite dessert hands down! Can’t Wait
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Stonewall Kitchen also does an amazing pumpkin butter (Maple Pumpkin Butter). I managed to score one in England last year (!) and we made the best pumpkin pie ever. K x
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Ari, These look so good. I was just at Trader Joe’s on Saturday and actually had the pumpkin butter in my hand! Wishing I had purchased it now! These look divine. I have been looking for a wholesome muffin recipe – one that doesn’t make me feel guilty. I think I found it
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these are my kind of muffin!! baking is perfect for a rainy day, too! i think we have rain all week so maybe i should stay home from work to get some baking done
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They look wonderful. I have to try the recipe, my kids love muffing, thanks for posting it.
Oh, I <3 morning glory muffins… They are the ones I always pick from Whole Foods! I love that the possibilities are many… Pumpkin, apple, nut butters maybe…
sooo this is why all the questions on twitter about morning glory. I love a good morning glory muffin and I haven’t come across a decent recipe for one yet. I would love to try these as they have peanut butter in them!
Dawn – I hope you do try the recipe! But it’s not peanut butter, it’s pumpkin butter that gives them an extra kick.
Yummy, yummy, yummy! I love pumpkin. It’s nice to see a pumpkin recipe in the spring!
These look yummy. I wonder if I could use apple butter in place of the pumpkin butter? I have more apple butter than I know what to do with.
dense. dense and delicious and chock full of good stuff. bravo, ari!
These sound like they’re packed with good stuff. I even have a low sugar pumpkin butter in my pantry that would be good to try out. I have added you to my “blogs of note” at http://www.Recipegirl.com/blog, but I have you in an ‘unknown location’ category. (I have them arranged geographically). If you would like to be moved to your appropriate geographical location (by state or country outside of US), please contact me to let me know! Thanks
**Morning glory** –such a fancy name for the muffins.I’m glad you had a moment to get these beauties posted.Those delicious looking muffins wold be perfect to mare my husband happy.He is a pumpkin lover.
**Morning glory** –such a fancy name for the muffins.I’m glad you had a moment to get these beauties posted.Those delicious looking muffins wold be perfect to make my husband happy.He is a pumpkin lover
Now I really wish that I’d bought the pumpkin butter at the organic festival last year, but I just couldn’t think of a way to use it, other than on toast. If only I’d had a crystal ball to foresee this recipe—it looks divine!!
I’m glad there’s a suggestion of currants as an alternative for raisins; I find pretty much anything made with raisins too sweet to be truly enjoyable, and these look otherwise interesting.
Yet another reason to head to Trader Joe’s – pumpkin butter. These muffins would certainly make my morning better. Oh, and I’m glad you survived the fifth graders. I feel sorry for the subs in my daughter’s grade – yow!
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Amy – Yes, you could definitely use apple butter.
I never made that way too. Looks gorgeous. I never heard pumpkin butter. Is it available in store?
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Rajee – Yes, Trader Joes sells it and someone helpfully mentioned in the comments above (I’m on my iPhone so I can’t see who) that Stonewall Kitchen sells it online and in select stores.
Oh wow do these sound delicious, packed with all those good veggies! I need to go buy myself some pumpkin butter!
I can remerber the first time ever I’ve eaten a pumpkin muffin … something quite new and somehow weird to me … but after the first bite I was smitten …
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Glad to read that you had a great day. Thanks for sharing a wonderful recipe.
These look so “Good”!! I was thinking,I don’t remember seeing the “Punpkin Butter”,anywhere,but I will find it,since pumpkins,are a Southern thing!! I really enjoy,looking at your recipes,and trying them,and grandkids and friends always ask,where did you get the recipe?? I may be just an ‘Old Man”,but I can smell up the whole house,because of “Great Cooks”,like yourself!! Thanks for all your help!!
it’s nice to know there is another adult who likes to jump in puddles also
the muffins look wonderful. i bet they smelled great coming out of the oven. do you think applesauce – thick and unsweetened work in place of the pumpkin butter?
Jacquie – It would if you up the amount of sugar and add some clove and all spice, about 1/4 teaspoon each and an extra 1/4 – 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Apple butter and pumpkin butter have both sweetness and spice, so you won’t be able to sub something else without compensating for flavor.
These morning glory muffins look fabulous! I love that they’re packed with spice and moist flavor…perfect for making a glorious morning. I’ve also been looking for a recipe on which to use my pumpkin butter. I’m so glad you posted about it! I need not look any further now. These muffins look divine!
Pumpkin? Always!
Tiramisu? I never refuse!
Anything w/the word butter in it gets my vote!
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Delicious muffins….
Loves, Barbara
I think these sound wonderful, and i am going to bake a batch for my dad, directly. Wondering if you could sub leftover whipped sweet potatoe with some butter and brown sugar in them for the pumpkin butter; I always seem to have a dab left…..
Frannie – I have no idea if that combo would work. My guess is that you would need to add not only more sugar but also allspice and cloves, which are the spices in the pumpkin butter. Let me know how it turns out!
I totally agree with you when it comes to puddle jumping: nothing better than coming inside after jumping around in the rain to a hot cup of tea and a warm muffin!
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Oh my! Anything with pumpkin is for me! The photo makes me drool.
Yum! I have pumpkin butter from When Pigs Fly, which would be excellent for this, and nearly all of the ingredients. I’ll have to make these soon, so I’ll stop having instant oatmeal for breakfast.
Those muffins look sooo good, will have to make them!
Morning Glory, indeed — sounds healthy, but looks delicious!!
Ari- I am so happy to have found your blog- actually you found me first. What yummy muffins- I havent made muffin in a while and after reading your recipe and looking at those great photos….I really have to make some.
Thanks so much for the inspiration!
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Ahh, i love pumpkin.
These sound delicious! I’m going to be on the lookout for pumpkin butter now!
Sounds great! I love baking muffins.
That does sound like a good day! I’ve never had pumpkin butter, but I’ve always wanted to make it. Now I should so I can make these muffins!
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Just when I was thinking about NOT making another pumpkin pie.. you come along & safe me with a great sounding pumpkin muffin. You’re killing my attempts to cut back on sweets!
Those muffins look really good. Nice way to enjoy some pumpkin butter.
I’m always afraid to get a pumpkin, because I get overwhelmed by the leftovers, but now I have tasty new uses for it all.
These looks so delicious!