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Best Pumpkin Muffins with Easy Streusel Topping

Stacey Pirtle

by Stacey Updated: Feb 10, 2023

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This is the best pumpkin muffin recipe! Light and tender with warm spices, these soft muffins are full of real pumpkin with an easy streusel topping of brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon and pumpkin seeds for a genuine bakery/coffee shop experience at home!

Pumpkin Muffin showing texture and ingredients of easy streusel topping


There is something comforting about the aromas of baking pumpkin and warm, sweet spices spices drifting through the house. They beckon us to come together, snuggle in and wrap our fingers around a cup of something warm. They are the heralds that fall baking season is here!

And that’s just what these streusel pumpkin muffins do. But you want to know a secret? While they taste and smell like all the traditions of fall, they’re really easy to make! Right along with Cobblestone Apple Muffins, Carrot Walnut Zucchini Muffins and Homemade Gingerbread Muffins, these pumpkin muffins are simple, tried and true family favorites that deliver all the feels of the season without a lot of fuss.

inside of moist pumpkin muffins to show tender texture

Why These Are The Best Pumpkin Muffins

  • Each muffin is veritably loaded with real pumpkin. This recipe uses a whole can of pumpkin puree. That’s almost 2 cups- about twice as much as other recipes!
  • They taste just like, if not better than, my favorite coffee shop’s pumpkin bread.
  • The streusel topping of nuts, seeds, brown sugar and cinnamon make it so much more than your average muffin.
  • Incredibly, this recipe only take about 35 minutes to make, from start to finish!
  • These muffins make the perfect cozy treat when served with Spiced Caramel Apple Cider, Mexican Hot Chocolate, Dark Mocha Pumpkin Coffee Creamer, Butterscotch Coffee Creamer or Cinnamon Roll Coffee Creamer.
  • Pumpkin muffins are perfect for holidays, brunch, breakfast, afternoon snacks, even dessert! Most definitely a go-to for sharing with neighbors and friends.
Pumpkin muffin batter with whole can of pumpkin

Pumpkin Muffins & Streusel Topping Ingredients

  • pumpkin puree (canned pumpkin)
  • flour
  • granulated & brown sugar
  • vegetable/canola oil
  • eggs
  • baking soda & powder
  • salt, pumpkin pie spice & cinnamon
  • vanilla extract
  • butter
  • pumpkins seeds/pepitas
  • chopped pecans
pumpkin muffin tip 1
Streusel topping pressed into the top of the muffin batter in muffin cups

How to Make Pumpkin Muffins

Mix dry ingredients. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl using a fork or whisk.

Mix wet ingredients. Use a mixer to blend together the wet ingredients.

Create Batter & Fill Cups. Gradually add dry ingredient to wet to create pumpkin muffin batter. Spoon pumpkin muffin batter into muffin cups, filling each cup ¾ full.

Make Streusel. Make the easy streusel topping by tossing all streusel ingredients together in a small bowl until the mixture becomes like wet sand. Fill each muffin cup to the top with streusel mixture. Gently press mixture down into batter.

Bake. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Recipe yields 16-18 muffins.

pumpkin muffin tip 2
A muffin tin full of baked pumpkin muffins with cinnamon and brown sugar streusel topping

Easy Streusel For Pumpkin Muffins

These muffins are tender, moist and delicious without the streusel topping, but the topping is what takes these muffins from really, really good pumpkin muffins straight to the extraordinary category. It’s the ‘something more’ that elevates these muffins to cozy, inviting & special.

  • Streusel is incredibly easy to make but adds a depth of taste and texture, not to mention a bakery-style appearance, to any muffin.
  • Pepitas, along with pecans, add pretty color and a light nutty taste, as well as a soft crunch to these pumpkin spiced muffins.
  • For a little extra color and texture, add ⅓ cup rolled oats to the streusel recipe for a seriously hearty breakfast or brunch treat!

pumpkin muffins made with pumpkin puree and topped with a streusel topping

Other Pumpkin Recipes You’ll Love

  • 4 Layer Pumpkin Chocolate Delight with Pretzel Crust
  • Butterscotch Pumpkin Dip
  • No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifles
  • Whipped Pumpkin Honey Butter
  • No Bake Pumpkin Pie Bites

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Pumpkin Muffin showing texture and ingredients of easy streusel topping

Best Pumpkin Muffins with Easy Streusel Topping

This is the best pumpkin muffin recipe! Light and tender with warm spices, these soft muffins are full of real pumpkin with an easy streusel topping of brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon and pumpkin seeds for a genuine bakery/coffee shop experience at home!
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Course: Breakfast, brunch, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: comfort food, holiday
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 16 muffins
Author: Stacey | SouthernDiscourse.com

Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 15 oz. can pumpkin puree

Streusel Topping

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
  • ⅓ cup pumpkin seeds/pepitas, raw & unsalted
  • ⅓ cup chopped pecans
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons butter, melted
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Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375° Fahrenheit. Generously grease muffin tin or line tin with paper muffin cups.
  • In a large bowl, mix together dry ingredients- flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, ground cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt- using a whisk or fork.
  • Using a mixer, blend wet ingredients- oil, eggs, vanilla and pumpkin puree- until smooth. Continue to mix while gradually adding in flour mixture until all of the flour mixture has been incorporated to create batter and there are no lumps. Spoon pumpkin muffin batter into muffin cups, filling each cup ¾ full.
  • In a small bowl, toss together flour, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, pumpkin seeds and chopped pecans to create streusel topping. Pour melted butter over mixture and mix until mixture becomes like wet sand. Fill each muffin cup to the top with streusel mixture. Gently press mixture down into batter.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Recipe yields 16-18 muffins.
Pumpkin Muffin showing texture and ingredients of easy streusel topping
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This is the best pumpkin muffin recipe!  Light and tender with warm spices, these soft muffins are full of real pumpkin with an easy streusel topping of brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon and pumpkin seeds for a genuine bakery/coffee shop experience at home!
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  1. Avatar photoShonda

    October 11, 2022 at 10:04 am

    5 stars
    I made these for my office and they were a huge hit! Several people came to my office asking for more.

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    • Stacey Pirtlestacey

      October 13, 2022 at 10:28 am

      Hi, Shonda! Oh, this just made my day! I am just tickled you made these for your office and that your co workers loved them. (I take them to my chiropractor every fall!) Thank you so much for sharing this with me, and I hope you make some more yummy things soon!

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  2. Avatar photoHeather Horton

    November 26, 2022 at 8:02 am

    5 stars
    Sooo good!! This will be a fall staple in my kitchen

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    • Stacey Pirtlestacey

      December 7, 2022 at 11:41 am

      Hi, Heather! Yay! This makes my day! Thank you so much!

      Reply
  3. Avatar photoJennifer

    October 23, 2023 at 9:26 am

    5 stars
    The best ever!!! You won’t regret making these.

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    • Stacey PirtleStacey

      October 23, 2023 at 9:41 am

      Hi, Jennifer! I am so tickled you loved these like we do! Thank you so much!

      Reply
  4. Avatar photoRona

    December 31, 2023 at 3:37 pm

    5 stars
    thx for the recipe! this is by far one of my best pumpkin recipe. Subbed the pecans for roasted macadamia nuts. Added the cinamon but didnt have pumkin spice so i just added a dash each of ground cloves, ginger, and numeg. Baked these for
    Christmas gifts and my husband couldn’t stop eating them. It was moist and love we loved!the the pumpkin seed and nut streusal

    Reply
  5. Avatar photoDebbie

    April 3, 2024 at 2:14 pm

    5 stars
    Delicious! Family enjoyed the muffins.

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    • Stacey PirtleStacey

      April 25, 2024 at 12:58 pm

      Hi, Debbie! I am so glad everyone loved them. Thank you so very much!

      Reply

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