Pumpkin Patch Muffins

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Pumpkin Patch Muffins

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 cup milk
1 cup canned pumpkin
½ cup (1 stick) margarine or butter, melted
2 eggs, beaten

Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice into a large bowl.

Add milk, pumpkin, melted butter, and eggs.  Mix with a wooden spoon just until flour is moist.  (Batter will be lumpy).

Fill 24 well-greased muffin tin cups two-thirds full with butter.

Bake in hot oven (400 degrees) for 20 minutes, or until muffins are golden.  Cool in pans 10 minutes on wire rack.  Loosen muffins around edge with a sharp knife, invert u\onto wire racks.  Pile into serving baskets and serve warm.

Muffins can be frozen.  To reheat, place frozen muffins on a cookie sheet in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.