January 14, 2009
· Filed under donuts, spiced stuff · Tagged breakfast, cinnamon, donuts, easy, food, nutmeg, options, pumpkin, recipe
This was originally posted on my other blog, What If. I’m moving it – and all of my baking posts – here in the next few weeks.
ManPants and I are a little obsessed with baked items made with pumpkin. It’s not the reason we love fall so much, but it is definitely high on the list.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have a recipe for pumpkin donuts. Fortunately, this meant my first true experiment – attempting to combine my pumpkin muffins with a pumpkin-less donut recipe.
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January 4, 2009
· Filed under muffins, spiced stuff · Tagged breakfast, brown sugar, cinnamon, food, ginger, pumpkin, recipe
This was originally posted on my other blog, What If. I’m moving it – and all of my baking posts – here in the next few weeks.

I confess: this isn’t so experimental. It is in the sense that the delicate chemical interactions of baking always require some care, and that I see my baking as edible chemistry experiments. But ManPants is thoroughly addicted to these and so requests them every chance he gets. He doesn’t even have to speak; he has a look that says, “pumpkin muffins, please.”
I’m surprised I don’t have the recipe memorized yet. But I do have some shortcuts.
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