These sweet Pumpkin Cornbread muffins are a total game changer; fluffy and flavorful with a kiss of pumpkin spice goodness in every bite!
THESE. MUFFINS. RIGHT. HERE.
They’re out of this world delicious!
The combination of flour and cornmeal gives them a fluffy, tender crumb while still packing in some serious cornbread flavor.
Since I love a good sweet cornbread, the addition of pumpkin and a generous sprinkling of pumpkin pie spice mix packs these pretties with oodles of flavor.
They’re the ultimate Fall muffin!
Snapping photos of these beauts was almost impossible since I had a teeny tiny little assistant (aka my kiddo) standing over the tray stealing muffins.
I may have been doing the same. They are next to impossible to resist!
I could ramble on about how you need to make them right MEOW but I think if you’ve tried my muffin recipes before you know these are a stop, drop, and run to the kitchen sort of ordeal.
Let’s get our muffin on!
Pumpkin Cornbread Muffins
The recipe below yields a dozen fluffy pumpkin cornbread muffins.
For a soft exterior, bake muffins in paper/parchment liners or lightly grease a muffin tin and place on top of a baking sheet in the oven to prevent the bottoms from browning. <– love this nifty little trick!
Feel free to serve muffins with honey, butter, or a combination of both. (SWOON!) They’re also fabulous straight up without a single thing on them.
Pumpkin Cornbread Muffins
Ingredients
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 TBSP vinegar
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal (fine or medium)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp pumpkin pie spice blend
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Prep 12-cup muffin tray by lining with paper/parchment liners or rubbing with butter.
- Combine milk, pumpkin puree, and vinegar. Mix and set aside.
- Combine cornmeal, flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice blend, and salt. Mix well and set aside.
- In a medium-large pot or skillet over medium heat, melt butter.
- Once butter has just melted, remove from heat.
- Stir in sugar with a metal whisk. Whisk until well blended.
- Whisk in milk mixture.
- Next, add your eggs and briskly whisk until well incorporated.
- Lastly, add your cornmeal mixture. Whisk/stir until very few lumps remain.
- Pour batter into muffin tray. For muffins with a soft exterior, bake in paper/parchment liners or lightly grease a muffin tin and place on top of a baking sheet in the oven to prevent the bottoms from browning. <– love this nifty little trick!
- Bake at 350°F for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Carefully remove from muffin tray (feel free to wait a minute or two if you need to) and cool on a wire cooling rack. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
If you get a chance to try these pumpkin cornbread muffins, let me know!
Leave some love in the comment form below or tag your photos with @peasandcrayons on Instagram so I can happy dance over your creation. I can’t wait to see what you whip up!
More Marvelous Muffin Recipes:
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- Mini Cornbread Muffins
- Pumpkin Apple Muffins with Cinnamon Sugar Streusel
- Savory Cheddar Muffins
These were delish! I also love how you give us tips and tricks that will work for so many other meals along the way. You are a pumpkin muffin cornbread gem!
The cornbread and pumpkin were a brilliant match! Loved how delicious they tasted!
Thank you Ashley!
Obsessed would be an understatement!
RIGHT?! They are everything right now!
haven’t seen these before, very clever, thank you I love cornbread muffins, and pumpkin makes a nice addition
The pumpkin and pumpkin spice in these is everything right now! Love it so!