Spiced Butternut Squash Muffins

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 
• 1 tablespoon butter melted
• 0.5 pound butternut squash cubed peeled seeded
• 1  eggs beaten
• 1.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.8 cup milk 
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 0.5 cup sugar white

Equipment

• food processor
• bowl
• sauce pan
• oven
• whisk
• wire rack
• toothpicks
• muffin tray

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin pan.
2. In a medium saucepan with enough water to cover, boil squash 20 minutes, or until tender.
3. Remove from heat, drain, and puree in a food processor.
4. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, white sugar, salt and pumpkin pie spice.
5. In a medium bowl, thoroughly mix together milk, egg and butter. Stir in squash. Fold the squash mixture into the flour mixture just until moistened.
6. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling cups about 1/2 full.
7. Bake 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
8. Remove from muffin pan and cool on a wire rack.