{"id":218,"date":"2011-11-06T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=218"},"modified":"2014-03-28T07:32:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T15:32:38","slug":"pumpkin-spiced-spelt-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/pumpkin-spiced-spelt-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Spiced Spelt Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-jpNm71dTTl0\/TrWOcMstd5I\/AAAAAAAAGLw\/afB1S0ZTS3Y\/s1600\/IMG_1962.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-jpNm71dTTl0\/TrWOcMstd5I\/AAAAAAAAGLw\/afB1S0ZTS3Y\/s640\/IMG_1962.JPG\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pumpkin Spiced Spelt Muffins<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1 c whole grain spelt flour<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>3\/4 cup light spelt flour<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1\/4 cup crushed flax seeds<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1\/4 cup chia seeds<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1 tsp baking soda<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>2 tsp baking powder<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1\/2 tsp salt<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1 tbsp cinnamon<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1\/4 tsp ground nutmeg<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1\/2 tsp ground ginger<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1 tsp vanilla<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1 1\/2 c pureed pumpkin<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1 egg beaten<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1\/4 c canola oil<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1\/4 c molasses<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1\/2 c maple syrup<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1 tsp honey<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>3\/4 cup walnuts (optional)*<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"> my picky eaters insist I don&#8217;t add these!<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>1\/2 cup raisins (optional)*<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">or these!<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>-sift together dry ingredients<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>-in \u00a0another<\/b><b>\u00a0bowl mix wet ingredients<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>-fold wet into dry and stir until just combined<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>-bake at 375 o for 18 minutes \ud83d\ude42<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>&#8211; <\/b><i>A personal note that made the making of these muffins extra special for me. I went on a tour of a natural spice plantation near Penang, Malaysia last year and purchased fresh nutmeg in the shell. \u00a0It was fun cracking open the nut to extract the little meat inside and grating it for these muffins.\u00a0<\/i><i>I was pleasantly reminded of my South Asian adventures.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Busy day today. Must get going. Here is my very dull list of my day plan this Sunday. Can I do it all? Wish me much luck:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-go for run up the mountain with my dog Fernando right now!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-bath dog with special soap to help his hair loss problem.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-finish formatting my thesis and send it to my supervisor for the very last time! \ud83d\ude00<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-plant all ten shrubs that need to go into my back yard sloped garden (this requires the digging of sizable holes through cement like clay :P)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-plan and reserve all flights\/hotel for Portland USA on Dec. 8-10 *Dance training with <b>Gina Grant<\/b>!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-take Pip on promised date out for &#8220;coffee&#8221; She gets hot cocoa \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-grocery shop.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-do 2 loads of laundry.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-bath dog second time with special shampoo.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-if still awake after supper, go to movie with hubby:<i><b> Johnny English<\/b><\/i>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">-Oh yes, email UBC to let them know the key to the ball room still doesn&#8217;t work and they must get a work order to have the chairs and tables put away each Thursday night before I teach Zumba. (I pulled a muscle in my shoulder\/neck and pinched a neck nerve stacking and moving chairs last week)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;\"><i>***<b>Thank-you all of my dear readers and friends for your generous support \ud83d\ude00<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;\"><i><b><\/b>\u00a0<b>I am in second place!\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px;\"><i>btw, if you haven&#8217;t voted for me today yet, please press the &#8216;Top 25 Circle of Moms&#8217; button up and to your left. Then scroll down until you see<b>Modernista Mama<\/b>\u00a0and vote. 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