Pumpkin is not just a vegetable with which you can prepare soups and make a side dish. This vegetable has an important vitamin T that helps regulate the body’s metabolism.
Why do many people ignore pumpkin in their diet, if this vegetable is so useful for us?
Probably, the matter is in the ambiguous taste of pumpkin. The fact is that not everyone likes the sweetish flavor. In this case, you can make a dessert from pumpkin. To do this, you need to combine pumpkin with sweet pastries.
Let’s create an unusual pumpkin muffin in your kitchen.
Ingredients for pumpkin muffin:
- Eggs – 3 pcs;
- Sugar – 250 g;
- Vegetable oil – 130 g;
- Pumpkin puree – 350 g;
- Flour – 400 g;
- Baking powder – 2 tsp;
- Orange zest;
- apricots;
- Raisins.
Preparation of pumpkin muffins:
Beat the eggs with sugar using a mixer until a fluffy white mass is formed. Pour vegetable oil into this mass, add pumpkin puree
. Mix the puree into the egg mass with a spatula
.
Combine leavening agent with flour, sift it into the egg mixture, knead a thick dough.
Cut apricots into small pieces, rinse and dry them in advance
.
If the apricots and raisins are stale, pour boiling water over them.
Put the zest, apricots and raisins into the dough and mix.
Put the dough in a muffin mold, bake at 180 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
The result is a lush soft pumpkin muffin.
If desired, decorate the cupcake with powdered sugar.
