Pumpkin Muffins with Streusel Topping

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cups rolled oats
• 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 cups pumpkin puree
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 0.67 cups vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 0.5 cups applesauce
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.25 cups raisins , Optional
• 0.25 cups packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter , softened
• 2 tablespoons rolled oats
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 18-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.

2. 2

   Combine 2 ½ cups flour, ½ cup oats, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk pumpkin puree, 1 cup brown sugar, white sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, applesauce, and vanilla extract together in a separate large bowl. Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture to combine: fold in raisins.

3. 3

   Beat ¼ cup brown sugar with butter in a bowl until creamy and smooth. Whisk 2 tablespoons oats and 2 tablespoons flour, using a fork, into sugar-butter mixture until crumbly.

4. 4

   Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each ⅔ full. Sprinkle with streusel topping.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes.