Description
Healthy pumpkin muffins are a better-for-you alternative to traditional pumpkin muffins or pumpkin bread. Gluten free, sugar free, oil free, and dairy free. Your taste buds will love the healthy fall flavors.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats (9.3 ounces, toasted & ground, )
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats (2.8 ounces, toasted, reserve 2 Tbsp for muffin tops)
- 1 1/8 cups pumpkin puree ( * 10.7 ounces)
- 2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
- 6 tbsp maple syrup (or honey)
- 3/4 cup canned coconut milk or dairy milk ((full fat, skim or 1 %,))
- 2 tsp real vanilla
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
- ½ cup walnuts, raisins, dried cranberries, or chocolate chips ((optional))
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325. Place all oats on a baking sheet and toast until lightly browned, stirring once (about 4 to 6 minutes). Let cool to room temperature. (If you are in a hurry you can skip this step and use plain old fashioned oats, however the toasting adds flavor.)
- Place 2.5 cups of oats in a food processor and blend/pulse until they reach a rough, flour like consistency.
- Combine pumpkin puree, eggs, maple syrup, milk, and vanilla. Mix to combine.
- Add both ground and unground oats to wet ingredients and allow to sit for 10-20 minutes (this allows the oats to soak and soften).
- Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until just incorporated. (The batter will be very thick.)
- Optional: Fold in approximately 1/2 c walnuts, raisins, chocolate chips, or dried cranberries.
- Scoop batter into muffin tin, lined with muffin wrappers (makes 12-14 muffins). FIll the muffin tins 7/8 full.
- Bake at 350 for about 23 – 25 minutes, a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin should come out clean and the top of the muffin should feel firm.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Use parchment muffin liners or lightly spray liners lightly with oil to make the baked muffins easier to remove.
No pumkin spice? Substitue 2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp ground ginger, 1/8 tsp allspice, 1/8 tsp ground cloves, and 1/4 ground nutmeg.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 123
- Sugar: 8.9
- Fat: 0.8
- Carbohydrates: 23.1
- Fiber: 2.5
- Protein: 4.4
- Cholesterol: 26.8