Pumpkin Muffins

1 cup Canned Pumpkin
1/2 cup packed Brown Sugar
1/4 cup melted Butter or Margarine
2 Eggs
2 cups All-Purpose Flour (or 1 cup all-purpose and 1 cup whole-wheat flour)
2 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 tsp. Salt

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl or bowl of an electric mixer, mix or blend the Pumpkin, brown sugar, melted butter and eggs.

In a separate bowl, sift the flour with the baking powder and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and stir or blend only until combined. Spoon the batter into a 12-cup muffin tin lined with paper liners. Bake the muffins for 20 minutes. Makes 10 to 12, depending on their size.

PUMPKIN-CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS: Stir 1/2 cup chocolate chips into the batter before scooping it into the muffin tin.

PUMPKIN-RAISIN MUFFINS: Stir 1/2 cup raisins into the batter before scooping it into the muffin tin.

PUMPKIN-SPICE MUFFINS: Sift 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg with the flour.