Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

I found this recipe at a blog called Kathie Cooks. They were scrumptious.

Ingredients:

• 1 2/3 c. Flour
• 1 c. Sugar
• 1 T. Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 1 t. Baking Soda
• 1 t. Baking Powder
• 1/4 t. salt
• 2 Eggs
• 1 c. Pumpkin
• 1/2 c. Butter, softened
• 1 c. Chocolate Chips

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin cups.

Thoroughly mix flour, sugar, pie spice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in large bowl.

Break eggs into another bowl. Add pumpkin and butter; whisk until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour over dry ingredients and fold in with a rubber spatula just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Scoop batter evening into 12-15 muffin cups. Bake 20-25 minutes.

Notes about this recipe:

1. I used whole wheat flour.
2. I made mini muffins, so the cook time was about 12-14 minutes instead and it yielded about 4 dozen.
3. The second time I made them I also replaced the butter with pureed garbanzo beans. I put the beans in a bowl and mashed them with my potato masher/bottom of a cup until they were basically pureed (you could do this with a food processor but I've only got my poor blender and it just doesn't do so hot). It's a one to one ratio, so 1/2 cup of butter can be replaced with 1/2 cup of beans.