Buttercup Pecan Muffins

Ingredients

• ½ C sweet butter , softened
• ¾ C brown sugar
• ¼ C maple sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 C mashed buttercup squash or winter squash , cooked and strained
• ½ t vanilla
• 1¼ C flour
• ¼ C wheat flour
• ¼ C wheat germ
• 1 t baking soda
• ¼ t baking powder
• ¼ t salt
• ½ C pecans , toasted

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease muffin tin.
2. Cream butter and brown sugar. Blend in syrup, egg, squash, and vanilla until thoroughly mixed.
3. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingre- dients together with all but 2 T of pecans — fold the dry ingredients, into squash mixture just to combine.
4. Scoop into muffin pan filling 3/4 full and sprinkle with pecans. Bake 20-25 min.