Gingerbread Walnut Muffins

Cozy, warming spices like ginger, cinnamon and allspice will fill your kitchen with the aroma of fall when you bake these grab and go breakfast muffins! 

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 tsps baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

2 tsps ginger

1 1/2 tsps cinnamon

1/2 tsp allspice

1/2 cup molasses

1/2 cup milk, at room temperature

1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled

2 eggs, at room temperature

1 1/2 tsps vanilla

1/2 cup chopped walnuts, plus extra for tops

coarse sugar (optional)

First whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Then whisk all the wet ingredients together and add this to the dry ingredients. Mix just until combined and stir in the walnuts.

Scoop batter into paper lined muffin tins and sprinkle with walnuts and coarse sugar.

Bake at 425°F for 5 minutes then reduce heat to 350°F for 15 minutes longer.

Cool in tin about 5 minutes before cooling on rack.

Makes 12 medium sized fall spiced muffins.

Gonna be hitting those pumpkin recipes soon!