HEALTHY WHOLE WHEAT SPICED PUMPKIN MUFFINS

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Moist, tender pumpkin muffins that will infuse your kitchen with the scent of fall and satisfy your craving for a sweet treat, without the added fat.

Provided by Steflb

Categories     Bread     Quick Bread Recipes     Pumpkin Bread Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 20

½ cup dried cranberries
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
½ cup turbinado (raw) sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
4 egg whites
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup honey
1 tablespoon molasses
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
1 tablespoon turbinado (raw) sugar
⅛ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, or as needed

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
  • Place dried cranberries in a bowl with hot water to cover. Let stand to rehydrate, 3 to 5 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, mix flour, 1/2 cup sugar, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves together in a large bowl.
  • Whisk egg whites together in a separate bowl. Gently fold in pumpkin puree, applesauce, honey, molasses, and vanilla extract.
  • Create a well in the flour mixture and fold in pumpkin mixture. Mix until just combined. Drain water from cranberries and fold into the batter.
  • Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each almost full. Top each muffin with additional cranberries, a sprinkle of sugar, and a dash of pumpkin spice.
  • Bake muffins in the preheated oven until tops are no longer sticky and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out mostly clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 171.9 calories, Carbohydrate 41.3 g, Fat 0.4 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 253.4 mg, Sugar 27.3 g

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