Pumpkin Muffins with Streusel Topping

Below is my next pumpkin creation! I love muffins! They are so yummy and convenient. I found a recipe that calls for more than 1/2 c of pumpkin! I was so excited. You see, when my roommate was going to the store last week she asked if I needed anything. I told her that I would love to have some pumpkin pie filling to create yummy goodness (see previous post). I told her 2 cans should be fine. I was thinking 2 small cans of pumpkin, but alas she came home with 2 large cans of pumpkin. so now we have a lot of pumpkin to use, which is ok with me...anyways, so because of that situation, I have been trying to find recipes that contain large amounts of pumpkin, and voila! See below recipe:

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup rolled oats

4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

2/3 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup applesauce

3eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup raisins (optional)

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons butter, softened

2 tablespoons rolled oats

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or line 18 muffin cups with paper liners.
2. Combine 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup oats, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk pumpkin puree, 1 cup brown sugar, white sugar, vegetable oil, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a separate large bowl. Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture; mix well. Fold in raisins.
3. Beat 1/4 cup brown sugar with butter in a bowl until creamy and smooth. Whisk 2 tablespoons oats and 2 tablespoons flour, using a fork, into sugar-butter mixture until streusel topping is crumbly.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin tin. Sprinkle each muffin with streusel topping.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen muffins.

Overall Score: 5.0 Everyone who tried them went back for fourths!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/228562/pumpkin-muffins-with-streusel-topping/