Raisin Pumpkin Muffins

I promise these muffins are so yummy, everyone asks for the recipe. I found the recipe in a womans magazine several years ago by NZ food editor Robyn Martin.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 12 muffins

Ingredients

• 2  cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup raw sugar
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground mixed spice
• 400  g pumpkin, pieces
• 1  cup  large sticky raisins
• 2  eggs
• 1  cup milk
• 50  g butter
• 1⁄2 cup  pumpkin seeds
• 2  teaspoons raw sugar

Directions

1. Sift flour into a bowl.
2. Stir through brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and mixed spice.
3. Remove seeds from pumpkin pieces and microwave on high for 5 minutes until just cooked but still firm.
4. Remove skin and cut into 1cm slices.
5. Toss through dry ingredients with raisins. Beat eggs together in a bowl.
6. Add milk.
7. Melt butter.
8. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients.
9. Add egg mixture, then butter.
10. Mix through gently.
11. Three-quarter fill greased muffin tins or line with muffin cases.
12. Sprinkle over pumpkin seeds and raw sugar. Bake at 200 degrees C for 20-25 minutes or until muffins spring back when lightly touched.