Fat Smashin Pumpkin Muffins Phase 1 & Up

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I adjusted a recipe I had that was for sweet potatoe muffins (which you can also use) but were loaded with all the wrong things. I converted it into a Fat Smash allowed recipe for Phase 1 and up. Even though it contains brown sugar, mixed with Splenda it creates a similar "blend" as the Splenda Brown Sugar Blend that is so expensive. Even with the olive oil & margerine, per serving with all of the adjustments they are still within our allotted daily amounts. Also, they are pretty darn good if I must say so myself! Hope you enjoy them too!

Fat Smashin Pumpkin Muffins

INGREDIENTS:

Batter Ingredients-

100% Liquid Egg Whites-2/3 Cup
Splenda -12 tsp (6 packets)
Brown Sugar- 1/2 cup, packed
Libby Canned Pumpkin-15 oz can (1 3/4 cups)
Olive Oil- 4 tbsp
1 medium banana, very ripe, mashed well
Water-4 fl oz

Oat Flour-1 3/4 Cups (or grind about 2 1/2 cups of oats to make flour for this and later for topping)
Baking soda-1 tsp
Baking Powder- 1/2 tsp
Iodized Salt-1/4 tsp.
Nutmeg, ground-1/2 tsp
Cinnamon, ground, 1 tsp

Topping Ingredients-

Oats, dry 1/2 cup
Brown Sugar-1/4 cup, packed
Splenda-6 tsp (3 packets)
Oat Flour-1/4 cup
Cinnamon,ground-1/2 tsp
Margerine-2 Tbsp Softened

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
Prepare mini muffin pans by spraying with an olive oil spray or use mini paper cups. If using the foil type of mini paper cups, spray those as well. I like using these for a time saver as these will stand up by themselves and can be put side by side on a cookie sheet to make more at one time.


DIRECTIONS:

In large bowl, whisk together, liquid eggs whites, Splenda, and brown sugar. Add can of pumpkin, olive oil, mashed banana, and water, continue whisking. Mix well until all combined. Stir together, in separate bowl rest of dry ingredients, 1 3/4 cups of oat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices. Slowly add the dry ingredients into wet, mixing with each addition until all of the dry mixture is incorporated. If batter seems too thick add a little more water, too thin, add a little more oat flour.

Make the topping by combining softened margarine (NOT melted), with the oats, brown sugar, Splenda, oat flour, and cinnamon. Use a fork to combine dry ingredients into the margerine until it gets crumbly.

Use a tablespoon or smaller ice cream scooper to fill the tins/cups about 3/4 full with batter. When done, sprinkle some topping on each.

Put in preheated oven and bake 12-14 minutes until tooth pick/knife comes out clean. Don't over bake.

Cool on racks. These are best kept in a container covered with wax paper. Although within a day or so (because of the moisture content) the topping will get softened, so best to eat them when they are fresh! Yum!

Serving size is 2 mini muffins. Recipe makes approximately 40 mini muffins. If making regular sized muffins nutritional info would be multiplied by about 3.

Number of Servings: 20