Healthy Pumpkin Muffin Recipe
Pumpkin Muffins with Spiced Cream Cheese. Pumpkin muffins packed with lots of real pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and chock full of chopped walnuts. This is a pumpkin muffin for pumpkin lovers and spice lovers, because there’s double the earthy pumpkin and double the spice in these earthy, sweet and delicious muffins.
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 15 ounce cans pure pumpkin puree
- 1 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup soymilk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Spiced Cream Cheese
- 8 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
- 1 1/2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Line muffin tins with muffin liners and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flours, walnuts, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In a medium mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, maple syrup, eggs, soymilk, oil and vanilla.
- Add wet ingredients to dry and mix just until combined. Add batter to muffin tins, filling ¾ of the way.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out cleanly. Cool on wire racks.
- Stir together cream cheese, pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar until well combined. Serve with muffins.
Nutrition
Calories: 154kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 4gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 254mgPotassium: 123mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 110IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 1mg
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