RICOTTA-PUMPKIN MUFFINS WITH PUMPKIN SEEDS
These ricotta cheese and pumpkin seed muffins taste so great, kids ask for seconds. Serve them as an after-school snack or as a hearty brunch muffin. Great use for those pumpkin seeds after carving jack-o'-lanterns! Add your choice of spices
Provided by Sarah K
Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Pumpkin Bread Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 17
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Core, peel, and dice apple. Place in a small bowl and sprinkle with cinnamon and 1 teaspoon sugar as if making apple pie. Set 'pie apples' aside until juice begins to run, 15 to 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place pumpkin seeds in a coffee bean grinder and grind to a fine pulp. Place almonds in a resealable plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin to desired size, making chunks as large or small as you wish.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 17 muffin tin cups with paper wrappers.
- Mix together yogurt, ricotta cheese, pureed pumpkin, 1/2 cup of pie apples, applesauce, and egg in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in 1 cup sugar.
- Mix together flour, wheat germ, wheat bran, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Stir in ground pumpkin seeds and smashed almonds; the batter will be very thick and stiff. Fill cupcake wrappers just to the top with batter; do not mound.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 184.3 calories, Carbohydrate 29.6 g, Cholesterol 14.6 mg, Fat 5.7 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 6.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 162.3 mg, Sugar 15.2 g
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