Happy October!

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I am sooo glad October is here! Not only

because of Halloween - which I love, but

because it also means, after a long, hot summer,

the cool weather is almost here - yay!

I am tired of my summer recipes too. I am ready

to make big pots of soup & chili, pork roasts

with roasted winter vegetables and

pumpkin bread & muffins.

I am ready to eat outside and enjoy

some fresh, cool air too.

Oh boy, oh boy - I am ready for fall!

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Pumpkin Choc. Chip Muffins

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 C. solid pack pumpkin

1/3 C. vegetable oil

2 lrg. eggs

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1 1/4 cup (plus 1 Tbl.) sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 cup chocolate chips

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Whisk together pumpkin, oil, eggs & 1 1/4 cup sugar,

til smooth. In another bowl, whisk together flour,

baking powder, baking soda, salt and

pumpkin pie spice. Combine the pumpkin mixture

with the flour mixture and stir just until combined.

Add chocolate chips. Divide batter into muffin tins.

Mix the cinnamon with remaining 1 Tbl. of sugar

and sprinkle on top. Bake at 350 until

puffed and golden. 25-30 min.

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Enjoy with a cup of coffee, sitting outside,

in the nice, cool (hopefully...) weather.

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