Pumpkin Muffins
Enjoy these pumpkin muffins on their own for a light breakfast dish, or use them as a base recipe and experiment by adding in nuts or fruit. Here is how the recipe got its flavor: "I combined several recipes and adjusted them to get the flavor we love. Sometimes I add raisins or finely chopped apple or pear." -Cindy Kahn, Londonderry, NH
Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 1 muffin)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 145
- Calories from fat: 28%
- Fat: 4.6g
- Saturated fat: 0.5g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.6g
- Protein: 2.6g
- Carbohydrate: 24.1g
- Fiber: 1.2g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 1.1mg
- Sodium: 149mg
- Calcium: 33mg
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (about 4 1/2 ounces)
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour (about 2 1/2 ounces)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons pumpkin-pie spice
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/2 cup fat-free buttermilk
- 1/2 cup egg substitute
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- Cooking spray
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Lightly spoon flours into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flours, granulated sugar, and next 5 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk.
- Combine pumpkin and the next 4 ingredients (through applesauce) in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter into 16 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Cool muffins in pans 5 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans. Cool completely on a wire rack.
Pumpkin Muffins Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Breads, Snacks, Breakfast/Brunch
- CONVENIENCE: Freezable, Gifts, Kid-Friendly, Make-Ahead, Portable/Picnic
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Saturated Fat
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- OCCASION: Autumn, Thanksgiving, Winter
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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