Sweet Squash Mini Muffins Recipes

KABOCHA SQUASH MINI MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and grease lightly with cooking spray.
• Place kabocha squash skin-side down on the baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until fork-tender, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool until easily handled, about 10 minutes. Scoop squash flesh into a food processor; puree until smooth. Discard skin.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 mini muffin tins with cooking spray.
• Stir white sugar, brown sugar, canola oil, and olive oil in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Stir in 3/4 cup pureed squash and vanilla extract.
• Mix whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Stir gradually into the sugar mixture, alternating with apple cider, until smooth. Pour into muffin tins, filling each cup 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 10 minutes.

SWEET SQUASH (MINI) MUFFINS

Steps:

• Bring to a boil the water and the squash. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until tender, about 30 minutes.
• Drain well.
• Mash the squash. Using a strainer, drain well. Discard liquid.
• Preheat oven to 375-degree F.
• Mix the squash, milk, margarine, and eggs well. Set aside.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt; and create a well in the center.
• Place squash mixture in the well, stirring until the dry ingredients are just moistened.
• Split batter evenly among muffin pans sprayed with vegetable cooking spray.
• Bake 15-20 minutes in a 375-degree F oven. Remove from pan; let cool on wire rack.
• These only last about 3-5 days max. before spoiling (less if left out, more if stored in refrigerator). Good for freezing though! Defrost in refrigerator or microwave.

PERFECT BUTTERNUT SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 20 muffin cups.
• Cut a 1/2-inch hole into the larger part of the squash and cover with a damp paper towel.
• Cook squash in a microwave oven in 3-minute increments, turning slightly after each increment, until squash can be easily pierced with a fork, 9 to 12 minutes. Set aside until cool to the touch, about 20 minutes.
• Halve squash lengthwise and scoop out seeds. Measure 1 1/2 cups squash into a large bowl. Mash eggs, water, vegetable oil, white sugar, and brown sugar into the squash. Whisk whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice into the squash mixture until you have a smooth batter. Fold raisins and walnuts into the batter.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups to about 1/2 to 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

SPICED BUTTERNUT SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan.
• In a medium saucepan with enough water to cover, boil squash 20 minutes, or until tender. Remove from heat, drain, and puree in a food processor.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, white sugar, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
• In a medium bowl, thoroughly mix together milk, egg and butter. Stir in squash. Fold the squash mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling cups about 1/2 full. Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from muffin pan and cool on a wire rack.

SWEET BUTTERNUT SQUASH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Prepare 12 muffin cups with cooking spray or line with paper liners and prepare the liners with cooking spray.
• Put squash into a roasting pan with cut sides down. Pour enough water into pan to fill 1/2-inch deep.
• Roast squash in preheated oven until flesh is easily pierced through with a fork, about 45 minutes. Remove roasting pan and reduce heat to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Scoop hot squash into a large bowl and mash until no large chunks remain. Stir sugar and butter into the squash.
• Whisk flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat eggs, milk, sour cream, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Stirring constantly, add a spoonful of squash mixture into the egg mixture to temper it before adding egg mixture to the squash mixture; stir.
• Fold flour mixture into the squash mixture until just incorporated; spoon into muffin tins. Top each with a pecan half.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes.