Fran's Butternut Squash Muffins

Fran's Butternut Squash Muffins
You can never have too many breakfast recipes, so give Fran's Butternut Squash Muffins a try. This recipe makes 15 servings with 167 calories, 3g of protein, and 8g of fat each. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up baking soda, butter, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Gluten Free Butternut Squash Pistachio Bars, Baked Butternut Squash and Parsnips, and Butternut Squash and Apple Soup.

Instructions

1
Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil.
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Add butternut squash, cover, and steam until tender, about 25 minutes. Mash squash with a potato masher in a bowl and cool to room temperature.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 15 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
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Beat butter and sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until mixture is foamy.
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Pour milk slowly into butter mixture while beating.
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Fold mashed squash, baking soda, and nutmeg into butter mixture. Fold flour into squash mixture, folding from the bottom of the bowl to the top.
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Pour batter into prepared muffin cups.
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Bake muffins in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes.
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Ready In1 h
Servings15
Health Score2
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