Ingredients
1½tbspbutter
3cupsall purpose flour
2tspbaking soda
½tspbaking powder
2tspground cinnamon
½tspground cloves
½tspfreshly grated nutmeg
1tspsalt
1stickunsalted butter
2cupssugar
4largeeggs
1cupapplesauce
1cuppumpkin,canned, mashed
1tspvanilla extract
⅓cupapple juice,cider or orange juice
1½cupraisins
Preparation
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 12 half-cup muffin cups with melted butter. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt; set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar for 2 to 3 minutes until creamy. Beat in eggs, applesauce, pumpkin, and vanilla until blended. Add dry ingredients, alternating with the juice, beginning and ending with the dry mixture; mix until smooth.
Fold in raisins.
Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each cup ⅔ full. Bake on center oven rack for 20 to 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of each muffin comes out clean. Repeat steps 1 through 3 with the remaining batter.
Remove from oven and allow muffins to cool in the pans several minutes; turn muffins out onto a rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
