This recipe has been a family favorite for decades. I've ate this for breakfast and snacks since
I was a kid...don't forget the apple juice, of course. Trust me, you won't want to limit devouring
this just to fall time, it's good to make year round. I'm busting this out now to try and prepare myself
for the season change and attempting to bribe myself into even liking fall. We'll see how it works out.
Enjoy!

RECIPE: Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Drizzle Frosting

Pumpkin Muffins

3 Cups sugar                                
1 1/2 teaspoon salt                      
1 teaspoon nutmeg                  
1 teaspoon cloves                        
1 teaspoon cinnamon              
2 teaspoons baking soda
2/3 cup hot water
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
3 1/3 cups flour
2 cups pumpkin

First, blend sugar, spices and eggs. Next add in pumpkin and oil. In separate bowl, mix flour and baking soda. Gradually blend flour mixture into pumpkin mixture, alternating with water. Mix well.
Pour batter into muffin liners/pan
Bake at 350 degrees for 18-24 minutes till toothpick comes out clean

Cream Cheese Frosting

4 oz cream cheese

4 tablespoons butter

1/2 box powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla bean paste

1 tablespoon almond milk

Cream sugar and cream cheese together. Add in vanilla and gradually add in powdered sugar. 

The almond milk is to make the frosting a less dense constancy, add to your liking. Mix ingredients well and drizzle onto muffins when they are cool. 

Just to note, I eyeball this recipe. I usually do equal parts of butter & cream cheese. Then I add powdered sugar till it gets to the consistency I want. 

This is my style of pumpkin carving! I love how this metallic pumpkin candle turned out. 

To start, for texture, I made hot glue "beads" in lines around the pumpkin and then covered the whole thing with a coat of gold spray paint. Next, I just carved out the pumpkin like normal and placed the wick inside in the center. The best way I knew to keep the wick in the center was to hold it steady with two knives...weird, I know...but it worked!  I used soy wax for the candle part and did my best to actually follow the directions on the package (go me!). I wanted to melt the wax in a container I could throw away after making the mess so I just found a glass spaghetti sauce jar to use...it also worked great to pour the wax into the pumpkin. I had never done a project with wax before so I really had no idea what I was doing or what to expect...but it went pretty smoothly! Overall, it was the perfect nontraditional pumpkin carving!