Healthy Pumpkin Spice Muffins
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. cloves
  • 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce (or vegetable oil, if you're not calorie counting)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 3/4 cup lowfat buttermilk
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/3 cup raisins
  • 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 400 and grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
  2. Sift together flours, baking powder and soda, and salt. Stir in spices.
  3. In a seprarate bowl, beat egg with brown sugar until well combined. Mix in egg and combine. Stir in vanilla, buttermilk, applesauce and pumpkin puree.
  4. Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and stir until just combined. Fold in nuts and raisins.
  5. Pour mixture into muffin cups and bake approximately 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
I love playing around with my basic (butterless) muffin recipe. This is my new favorite. Nutrition Info, per muffin: Calories: 143 / Fat: 3g / Carbs: 27g / Dietary Fiber: 2.4g / Sugar: 2.2g / Protein: 3.8g