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The Best Recipe!

The Very Best Pumpkin Muffins EVER!
Muffin:
1 cup canola oil
3 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 (15 oz) can pure pumpkin
1 cup water
3 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. salt

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the muffin liners in the muffin pan.
Whisk the oil and sugar in a large bowl. Add the eggs, pumpkin, and water and whisk until combined. Stir in the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt.
Fill each muffin cup almost to the top with batter.
Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Cream Cheese Filling:
4 oz. cream cheese
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. pure vanilla.

Soften cream cheese & butter. Using a mixer, blend the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Add the vanilla and sugar and beat until smooth.

Using Wilton piping tip #230 and a piping bag - insert the tip into the muffin and squeeze a small amount of the filling into each muffin.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar and ENJOY!

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Oh So Autumn, Caramel Apples

6-8 Large Granny Smith Apples
6-8 lollipop or popsicle sticks

Caramel:
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter
2/3 cup Heavy Cream
1/4 cup Light Corn Syrup
2 tbsp Maple Syrup
1 tbsp Blackstrap molasses
1 tsp Vanilla
pinch of Salt

In a deep, heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, butter, cream, corn syrup, maple syrup, molasses, vanilla, and salt and place over medium-high heat. Stir gently with a wooden spoon from time to time to make sure no sugar is sticking to the bottom of the pan. Bring to a boil and cook until the mixture registers 236 F. on a thermometer.
Remove the pan from the heat and let the caramel cool to 180 F. One at a time, dip the apples into the hot caramel, let teh excess drip off the bottom and then set them on lightly greased aluminum foil. If the caramel slides off the first apple, let the mixture cool for a little longer and try again. You may need to tip the pan to dip the last few apples.
Let them cool completely to set.
Will keep, uncovered, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.