The Greatest Muffin Recipes Ever

I realized that I've been terribly negligent. I haven't shared my absolute, all-time favorite fall-time muffin recipes with you! These are pretty much the greatest muffins you'll ever taste. In my home it's not autumn until I make these muffins.
Both recipes call for pumpkin pie spice, but instead of spending a fortune for a tiny bottle make your own:

Pie Spice:
4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
4 teaspoons ground nutmeg
4 teaspoons ground ginger
3 teaspoons ground allspice

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

1 2/3 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 large eggs
1 cup pumpkin
1 stick butter or margarine, melted
1 cup chocolate chips
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Mix flour, sugar, pie spice, and baking powder. In separate bowl, mix eggs,
pumpkin, and melted butter with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in
chocolate chips and nuts. Pour over dry ingredients. Fold in with rubber
spatula until just moistened. Put into greased or paper lined muffin tin. Bake
at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Makes about 18 muffins.

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Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 45 Minutes Ready In: 1 Hour
Yields: 18 servings

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 cups peeled, cored and
chopped apple

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 teaspoons butter

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease 18 muffin cups or use paper liners.
2. In a large bowl, sift together 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 2 cups sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, pumpkin and oil. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stirring just to moisten. Fold in apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
3. In a small bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons flour, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle topping evenly over muffin batter.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.