Since it’s almost Thanksgiving, my boyfriend decided to bake some spontaneous holiday-inspired muffins. He’s notorious for baking treats with creative flavor combinations.This time he decided to make pumpkin-flavored oatmeal muffins with cranberries inside and a cinnamon pecan glaze on top. These muffins are a classic Thanksgiving favorite, with a creative twist that is sure to have your relatives guessing flavors like the judges on “Chopped.”

Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• ¾ cup pumpkin purée 
• 2 cups oats 
• ½ cup dried cranberries
• ⅓ cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 5 shakes of cinnamon
• 3 shakes of salt
• 1 stick of butter

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. 
• Put oats, milk, sugar, canola oil, eggs, vanilla extracts and pumpkin purée into bowl A and mix. 
• Add baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and cranberries to bowl B and mix. Pour the ingredients from bowl B into bowl A and mix until the batter is thick. 
• Pour the batter into a muffin tin and bake for 20 minutes. 
• While the muffins bake, make a glaze out of powdered sugar, milk, butter and chopped pecans. Glaze the muffins once they have cooled and enjoy your treats!

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Put oats, milk, sugar, canola oil, eggs, vanilla extracts and pumpkin purée into bowl A and mix.