Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Hello everybody!! I just realized that I have been posting several recipes involving pumpkin, but it's fall, so why not!! :) I've been doing a lot of autumn baking lately, and I thought I would share this delicious recipe for pumpkin spice muffins. I found it at verybestbaking.com, changed it slightly, and came up with these yummy muffins! Happy Eating! :) 

                 

                            Pumpkin Spice Muffins

                 3 cups whole wheat flour
                 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons of pumpkin                    pie spice
                 2 teaspoons baking soda
                 1 teaspoon salt
                 1 cup brown sugar
                 1 cup granulated sugar
                 1 can pumpkin
                 4 eggs
                 1/2 cup vegetable oil
                 1/2 cup orange juice
                 
Preheat the oven to 350*.  Line 30 muffin cups with paper liners, or if you don't have any, you can grease it. 
Combine the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside. 
Mix the sugars, pumpkin, eggs, oil, and orange juice together well. 
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix it just until it's moist. (If you mix it too much, it will get rubbery and tough.) 
Fill the muffin cups about 3/4 full and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. 
These are good cooled, or you can eat them warm if you prefer them that way. 

Note from Nutmeg: The recipe calls for canned pumpkin, but you could probably use fresh if you want to. Experiment a little and try it out! :)