Pumpkin Chocolate Chip muffins

3 1/3 c. flour (I use half ww flour, or all GF flour)
2 c. Sugar
2 T Pumpkin Pie Spice or (3 tsp cinnamon, 1 1/2 tsp ginger, 3/4 tsp nutmeg, and 3/4 tsp allspice)
2 tsp Baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4 eggs
1 lb can pumpkin or homemade pumpkin puree
1 c. butter, melted( I use 1/2 c. applesauce and 1/2 cup melted butter
2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Thouroghly mix the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl.  Break eggs into another bowl.  Add pumpkin and butter, whisk until well blended.  Stir in chocolate chips.  Pour over the dry ingredients and fold in with a rubber spatula just until dry ingredients are moistened.  Scoop batter evenly into greased and floured muffin cups.  Bake in 350 degree oven for about 30-40 minutes for jumboor 25 minutes for regularuntil puffed and springy to the touch in the center.  Turn onto a rack to cool.  Can be wrapped when cool and kept for 1-2 days.  They are best when made the day before.  Makes 12 jumbo muffines, or 24 regular muffins.  I also like to make 12 regular and 24 mini muffins (Bake 15 minutes)

Cinnamon-Oatmeal Muffins Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Sugar-Free

1 1/2 c. GF flour ( I use a mix of 2 parts white rice flour, 2/3 part potato starch flour, and 1/3 part tapioca flour)
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 c. oats
2/3 c. agave
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 c. rice milk, or coconut or almond milk
1/3 c. unsweetened applesauce
1 1/2 tsp. oil
3 egg whites

Combine dry ingredients, then add wet ingredients.  Spoon batter into 12 greased muffin pan cups, filling each 3/4 full.  Bake at 400 F, for 18-20 minutes.

Crisscross Apple crown muffins

4 small Granny Smith apples
3 Tblsp. flour
3/4 c. sugar, divided
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon, divided
1 Tablespoon butter, melted

2 cups flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 Tablespoon powdered buttermilk
1/3 c. shortening or butter
3/4 c. milk

Preheat overn to 350 F. Peel, core and slice apples into pieces.  Place in bowl with flour, 1/4 c. sugar and 1 tsp. of cinnamon.  Microwave apple mixture for 3 minutes.  Set aside

In a medium bowl stir together flour, sugar, powder, soda, and buttermilk powder.  cut in shortenin or butter until resemebles crumbs, then add milk and stir with fork until moist.  Roll into dough ball and cut into 12 pieces.  Roll each dough ball into a circle, and sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mix.  put in 1/4 cup of apple mixture, and grab all sides and pull to the middle and pinch together enclosing apple mixture.  Grab by the pinched together dough side, and dip the top into the melted butter and flip over and set in the muffin tin butter side up.  Sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mix, and cut a criss cross pattern in the top with a serrated knife.   repeat with each dough ball
Bake for 25-30 minutes.