Butternut Squash (or Pumpkin) Muffins

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Eggs, Grains		Breads, Pumpkin	3	Loaves

INGREDIENTS

2	c	White sugar
1 1/2	c	Vegetable oil
4		Eggs
1	t	Vanilla
1	t	Lemon zest, finely minced
1	c	Cooked butternut squash
		puree approximately one
		small squash
1	c	Unsweetened applesauce
3 1/2	c	All-purpose flour
2	t	Baking powder
2	t	Baking soda
2	t	Cinnamon
1/4	t	Ginger
1/8	t	Salt
1	c	Dates, loosely packed
		plumped dried and
		chopped
1	c	Yellow raisins, plumped and
		drained
1/2	c	Finely chopped walnuts

INSTRUCTIONS

This combination of mellow butternut squash puree, applesauce, and
chopped whole dates and yellow raisins makes for a unique and most
toothsome dessert mini loaf. Few can identify the medley of flavors
but they suit Thanksgiving to a "T". You can also use mashed sweet
potato to replace the butternut squash.  Preheat oven to 350 F.
Generously grease 3 small loaf pans (8 by 4  inch) or 12-16 mini loaf
pans. Flatten out some muffin liners into  mini loaf pans, if desired.
In a large bowl, blend the sugar, oil, eggs, squash puree, applesauce,
vanilla, and lemon zest. In another bowl, stir together dry
ingredients. Mix into wet batter, stirring gently but thoroughly and
add nuts and dates.  Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans. Bake until
loaves test done (a  cake tester inserted into the centre will come out
almost clean).  40-45 minutes for larger loaf, 25-35 minutes for mini
loaves.  from the WWW MM-format by Petra <phildeb@gmx.net>  Converted
by MM_Buster v2.0n.  Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by Petra Hildebrandt
<phildeb@ibm.net>  on Sep 26, 1999

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 2012 Calories From Fat: 1155 Total Fat: 131.4g Cholesterol: 248mg Sodium: 1841.8mg Potassium: 1582.1mg Carbohydrates: 185.3g Fiber: 18.9g Sugar: 50.1g Protein: 35.3g