Around this time of year I crave pumpkin and since I’ll be skipping the pumpkin pie this go round I’ve been looking for low calorie pumpkin options to curb my pumpkin cravings. I found a recipe on sparkpeople for pumpkin muffins that looks pretty good. If we feel like it we may go out and get the stuff to make them tonight. If we do I’ll update about how it goes. Anyways, here’s the recipe for anyone interested.
Ingredients
- 1 egg
2/3 cup Splenda Granular or equivalent sweetener of your choice
1 can (1 3/4 cups) pumpkin, not pumpkin pie mix
1 tsp vanilla extract
2/3 cup nonfat milk
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup oat flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray a 12-serving muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray or line with paper baking cups and spray insides with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. In a large bowl combine pumpkin, eggs, splenda, vanilla, milk and stir well. Sift in flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Fill prepared muffin cups equally, sprinkle tops with extra cinnamon. Bake 20 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Added note: if you can’t find oat flour then try putting quick cook oats (not instant) in your blender and pulverizing, shaking, pulverizing, shaking the container until it all grinds down to a flour. Should work just fine! Also…be sure to spray your muffin pan or cups with nonstick spray or yes, they will stick.
Number of Servings: 12
- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 70.4
- Total Fat: 0.9 g
- Cholesterol: 18.0 mg
- Sodium: 14.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 13.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
- Protein: 3.1 g
Here’s the direct link also http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=171272
And I am with you 100% about using real pumpkin for making these beauties. I will definitely be making these sometime soon.
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