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These pumpkin muffins with freshly milled flour bake up with tall, rounded tops, a soft and tender crumb, and warm pumpkin spice in every bite. Start with canned pumpkin or your own homemade pumpkin puree, and you’ll have a batch of cozy fall muffins ready for breakfast in under an hour.
They use the same freshly milled hard white and soft white wheat blend as my Bakery Style Blueberry Streusel Muffins, along with a two-temperature bake for bakery-style domes. A short batter rest gives the freshly milled flour time to absorb moisture before the muffins go into the oven.
If you’d rather bake a loaf, try my Pumpkin Bread with Freshly Milled Flour. For another cozy breakfast, my Pumpkin Pancakes with Freshly Milled Flour are a great recipe to try. And if you love pumpkin desserts, save my Sourdough Pumpkin Roll with Freshly Milled Flour for your fall baking list.
New to milling? How to Mill Flour at Home walks you through getting started. When you’re ready to bring your family favorites over to fresh flour, my guide to converting recipes to freshly milled flour shows you how.
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Mill the flour on the finest setting – Use 144 grams of hard white wheat berries and 96 grams of soft white wheat berries for the muffin batter. Keep the freshly milled flour unsifted to include the whole grain. If your mill runs warm, let the flour cool for about 5 minutes before mixing.
Mix just until combined – Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, about 10 to 12 strokes, until no dry flour remains. The batter should be thick and slightly lumpy. Overmixing can make the muffins dense.
Rest the batter for 10 to 15 minutes – This gives the freshly milled flour time to absorb moisture from the pumpkin and other wet ingredients. The batter should be thick and scoopable, not pourable. If it’s unusually stiff, add whole milk 1 tablespoon at a time. Learn more in my guide to baking with freshly milled flour.
Fill the muffin cups nearly to the top – Divide the thick batter evenly among all 12 cups. Filling them almost full helps create those tall, bakery-style muffin tops.
Keep the oven door closed during the temperature change – Bake at 425°F (220°C) for the first 5 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350°F (175°C) without opening the oven. Continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes, checking for doneness after 15 minutes. A toothpick inserted into a center muffin should come out with a few moist crumbs, not wet batter.
How To Make These Pumpkin Muffins with Freshly Milled Flour
- Mill the flour – Mill the hard white and soft white wheat berries on the finest setting. Weigh 144 grams of hard white wheat flour and 96 grams of soft white wheat flour for the batter. If making the streusel, mill an additional 16 grams of soft white wheat flour. Keep the flour unsifted, and let it cool for 5 minutes if your mill runs warm.
- Preheat and prepare the pan – Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Butter a standard 12-cup muffin tin or line it with paper liners.
- Make the streusel topping – If using streusel, combine the brown sugar, freshly milled soft white wheat flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Work in the cold, cubed butter until coarse, clumpy crumbs form. Refrigerate while preparing the batter.
- Whisk the dry ingredients – In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the freshly milled flours, granulated sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Break up any brown sugar clumps.
- Mix the wet ingredients – In a medium mixing bowl, whisk the pumpkin puree, melted and cooled butter, sour cream or plain Greek yogurt, eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
- Combine the batter – Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Gently fold with a rubber spatula, about 10 to 12 strokes, just until no dry flour remains. The batter should be thick and slightly lumpy.
- Rest the batter – Let the batter rest for 10 to 15 minutes so the freshly milled flour can absorb the moisture. It should be thick and scoopable. If it looks stiff like cookie dough, gently stir in whole milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, only as needed.
- Fill the muffin cups – Divide the batter evenly among the 12 muffin cups, filling each nearly to the top. Sprinkle with the chilled streusel or turbinado sugar, if using.
- Bake the muffins – Bake at 425°F (220°C) for 5 minutes. Without opening the oven door, reduce the temperature to 350°F (175°C) and continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes. Start checking at 15 minutes. Since freshly milled flour tends to brown faster than store-bought flour, loosely tent the muffins with aluminum foil during the last 5 to 10 minutes if the tops are getting too dark. The muffins are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs, not wet batter.
- Cool and serve – Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack. Serve slightly warm with a pat of butter or let them cool completely before storing. Enjoy!
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Pumpkin Muffins with Freshly Milled Flour
Prep:15 minutes Cook:25 minutes Rest Time:15 minutes Total:55 minutes Equipment
- standard 12-cup muffin tin
Ingredients
For the Streusel Topping, Optional
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar 73 grams
- 16 grams freshly milled soft white wheat flour unsifted, 2 Tbsp. of whole soft white wheat berries
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon preferably Ceylon, 1.5 grams
- 2 tablespoons cold salted butter cubed, 28 grams
- Turbinado sugar for sprinkling optional alternative to streusel
For the Muffin Batter
- 144 grams hard white wheat flour fine setting (unsifted), around 1 cup of whole hard white wheat berries
- 96 grams freshly milled soft white wheat flour fine setting (unsifted), around 2/3 cup of whole soft white wheat berries plus 1 tablespoon
- ¼ cup granulated sugar 50 grams
- ½ cup packed brown sugar 110 grams
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice 7 grams
- 2 teaspoons baking powder 8 grams
- ½ teaspoon baking soda 3 grams
- ½ teaspoon salt 3 grams
- 1 cup pure pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling, 245 grams
- ⅓ cup salted butter melted and cooled, 75 grams
- ¼ cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt room temperature, 60 grams
- 2 large eggs room temperature, approximately 100 grams without shells
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 4 grams
- 1 to 2 tablespoons whole milk only if needed, approximately 15 to 30 grams
Instructions
- Mill the flour – Mill the hard white and soft white wheat berries on the finest setting. Weigh 144 grams of hard white wheat flour and 96 grams of soft white wheat flour for the muffin batter. If making the streusel, mill an additional 16 grams of soft white wheat flour. Let the flour cool for 5 minutes if your mill runs warm.
- Preheat and prepare the pan – Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Butter a standard 12-cup muffin tin or line it with paper liners.
- Make the streusel topping – If using streusel, combine the brown sugar, freshly milled soft white wheat flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Work in the cold, cubed butter with your fingertips, a fork, or a pastry cutter until coarse, clumpy crumbs form. Refrigerate while preparing the batter.
- Whisk the dry ingredients – In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the freshly milled hard white and soft white wheat flours, granulated sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Break up any brown sugar clumps.
- Mix the wet ingredients – In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, melted and cooled butter, sour cream or Greek yogurt, eggs, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Combine the batter – Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Gently fold with a rubber spatula, approximately 10 to 12 strokes, just until no dry flour remains. The batter should be thick and slightly lumpy. Avoid overmixing.
- Rest the batter – Let the batter rest for 10 to 15 minutes so the freshly milled flour can absorb the moisture. The batter should be thick and scoopable. If it is stiff like cookie dough, gently stir in whole milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, only as needed.
- Fill the muffin cups – Divide the batter evenly among the 12 muffin cups, filling each nearly to the top. Sprinkle with the chilled streusel or turbinado sugar, if using.
- Bake the muffins – Bake at 425°F (220°C) for 5 minutes. Without opening the oven door, reduce the temperature to 350°F (175°C) and continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes. Start checking at 15 minutes. Since freshly milled flour tends to brown faster than store-bought flour, loosely tent the muffins with aluminum foil during the last 5 to 10 minutes if the tops are getting too dark. The muffins are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs, not wet batter.
- Cool and serve – Let the muffins cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack. Serve slightly warm with a pat of butter or let them cool completely before storing. Enjoy!
Notes
Emily Rider
Home miller since 1999 with fresh-milled flour & sourdough experience. Sharing from-scratch recipes and traditional kitchen skills, rooted in the seasons and inspired by everyday cottage living and seasonal rhythms.
