~:~Autumn Spice Muffins~:~

I make muffins for my husband's breakfast. We used to buy oatmeal pies, cupcakes, twinkies (oh, I'm getting hungry - I'll stop!) for his breakfast but then a few years ago - trying to be healthier - I decided to start baking breakfast cookies (like the Quaker Oats) and breakfast muffins. I always double the recipes and put the extras in the freezer. He pulls them out on workdays (he's up at 3:45am) and microwaves them when he gets ready for breakfast, at work.

These muffins are for our children - notice the drizzled white chocolate? I know - bad mommy! I tweaked just a plain Oatmeal Muffin recipe and re-named them because of the extra seasonings added. This recipe makes 24 muffins.

Autumn Spice Muffins
2 Cups Quick Oats

2 Cups Whole-Wheat or All-Purpose Flour (either works fine!)

3 tsp. Baking Soda

1 tsp. Salt

1 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar, packed

1/2 tsp. Cloves

1 tsp. Nutmeg

2 tsp. Pumpkin Pie spice

3 tsp. Cinnamon

1 Cup Oil

2 large Eggs, beaten

2 Cups Milk

1 Cup Raisins

1 Cup chopped Pecans

**In a large bowl stir oats, flour, baking powder, soda, salt, ground cloves, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and brown sugar; blending well. Stir in oil, egg and milk just until blended. Stir in raisins and chopped nuts. Bake in a 12-muffin tin at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. **Optional** I melted a little white chocolate in the microwave and drizzled over the warm muffins. - Nope, not healthy at all!

I hope that if you try them, you'll enjoy them. The children like them - but remember, they're sweet - so I have no real idea if they're really good. But they smell good-they smell like fall!

Many Blessings ~ Julie