Healthy Pumpkin Muffins
I was looking for a muffin recipe that would be healthy and filling. A good go to snack for diabetics. This is what I came up with.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1/2 cup of maple syrup or honey (I used honey)
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1/4 cup of milk of choice (I used almond milk)
- 1 cup of pumpkin puree
- 2 tsps of pumpkin spice blend
- 1 tsp of baking soda
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1-3/4 cup of whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup of old fashioned oats, plus more to sprinkle on top
- 2 tsp of raw sugar for a sweet crunch (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 and grease muffin tin or use liners (I used silicon liners).
- In a large bowl, beat the apple sauce and honey together with a whisk.
- Add the eggs and beat well.
- Add the pumpkin puree, milk, pumpkin spice blend, baking soda, vanilla extract and salt.
- Add the flour and oats to the bowl and mix with a large spoon, just until combined, a few lumps are ok.
- Divide the batter evenly into the muffin cups. Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with about a tablespoon of oats followed by a light sprinkle of raw sugar if you like.
- Bake for 23-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the muffin comes out clean.
- Place on cooling rack and let cool for a couple of hours. They taste better for some reason.
Nutritional facts per serving
- Calories 131
- Fat 2.3 g
- Sugar 9.5 g
- Carbohydrates 25.7 g
- Protein 3.4 g
- Fibre 3.2 g
You have a few options, if you don’t have apple sauce, or prefer not to use apple sauce, you can sub for extra virgin olive oil. You can make this recipe vegan – use maple syrup, flax eggs and non-dairy milk. You can do some add-ins like chocolate chips, chopped nuts or dried cranberries or even crystallized ginger. You would do this at the stage where you combine wet and dry ingredients.
Pumpkin spice, not everyone has some premade, if you don’t it goes like this. (1 tsp of ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice or cloves). You can also substitute the flour to white all purpose flour which makes this lighter and less dense.
As you see there are so many options for you, all you have to do is let your imagination go, have fun and make it your own.
It all started with a bite 