Spiced Pumpkin Muffins with Pecan Crumb Topping

✨Why you'll love this recipe?

• Easy to make - baking these muffins is a snap – the recipe just has a few quick and standard baking recipe steps.
• Made with simple ingredients - Most ingredients in this pumpkin muffins recipe are common kitchen staples, and any you need to buy (may be the spices and pumpkin puree) are readily available at your local grocery store.
• Super moist and deeply flavorful - The pumpkin and spice combination is in every single bite and it is so delectable. The crumb topping or the struesel makes it extra special.
• Great for breakfast, snack, or dessert - Perfect for just a snack, to serve with coffee, pack in a lunchbox, or to impress your guests at parties and during holidays.

📋Recipe Ingredients

These spiced pumpkin muffins with pecan crumb topping have a simple list of ingredients. Here are a few key ingredient tips to make sure your muffins turn out perfect every time.

• Butter: Just like for my Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins, I would recommend using room temperature butter. So plan ahead! Unsalted butter is preferred but salted would work as well.
• Eggs: I always use standard large-size eggs (US size) and have them come to room temperature as well. Two large eggs help bind the ingredients together while adding moisture and richness to the muffins.
• Baking Powder and Baking Soda: The two magical baking ingredients that make every baking recipe work. These two work together for that light, airy, tender, and soft muffins.
• Pumpkin puree: I do have a homemade pumpkin puree recipe but I'm using canned pumpkin puree here and so can you. Just use a good quality one without any unnecessary ingredients.
• Spices: I have tested this recipe with different combinations of spices in different quantities and trust me that this is the best blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, and all-spice for this recipe of homemade spiced pumpkin muffins.

Don't forget to check out the recipe card below for a complete list of ingredients along with the quantities.

👩‍🍳Steps to make this recipe

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 1: In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and spices (Image 1).

Step 2: In the bowl of an electric mixer (or another big mixing bowl), beat the butter and sugar until mixed (Image 2).

Step 3: Add the eggs to the butter and sugar mixture (Image 3).

Step 4: Beat the eggs in to the butter sugar mixture on medium speed till light and fluffy, about two minutes (Image 4).

Step 5: Add the vanilla and pumpkin puree and mix to combine. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients (Image 5).

Step 6: With the stand mixer on medium speed, mix the wet and dry ingredients until just combined and do not over-mix (Image 6).

Step 7: To make the crumb topping, in a separate bowl, add all the crumb topping ingredients (Image 7).

Step 8: Using a fork or a pastry cutter, mix the crumb topping ingredients until thoroughly combined (Image 8).

Step 9: Using an ice cream scoop or ¼ cup measure, divide the muffin batter to a lined muffin pans, filling each muffin about ¾ full (Image 9).

Step 10: Once all the batter has been used, top each muffin with the crumb topping (Image 10). Bake in the middle rack of the oven for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean.

📖Substitutions, Additions and Variations

• Spices - Feel free to use 2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice if you like instead of mixing cinnamon, mace, all-spice and nutmeg.
• Mini Loaves - The muffin recipe will make 18 regular-size muffins or 12 regular and 12 mini muffins. I made 12 regular-sized muffins with crumb topping and two mini-loaves without the topping for Little V
• No Crumb topping - If not making the crumb topping (what??) for these spiced pumpkin muffins with crumb topping, increase the sugar in muffin batter from 1.5 cups to 2 cups.