Healthy Mini Pumpkin Muffins Food

HEALTHY PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees Celsius). If necessary, grease all 12 cups of your muffin tin with butter or non-stick cooking spray (my pan is non-stick and didn't require any grease).
• In a large bowl, beat the oil and maple syrup or honey together with a whisk. Add the eggs, and beat well. Add the pumpkin purée, milk, pumpkin spice blend, baking soda, vanilla extract and salt.
• Add the flour and oats to the bowl and mix with a large spoon, just until combined (a few lumps are ok). If you'd like to add any additional mix-ins***, like nuts, chocolate or dried fruit, fold them in now.
• Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups. Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with about a tablespoon of oats, followed by a light sprinkle of raw sugar and/or pumpkin spice blend if you'd like. Bake muffins for 22 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.
• Place the muffin tin on a cooling rack to cool. These muffins are delicate until they cool down. You might need to run a butter knife along the outer edge of the muffins to loosen them from the pan.
• These muffins taste even better after they have rested for a couple of hours! They'll keep at room temperature for up to 2 days, or in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. They keep well in the freezer in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months (just defrost individual muffins as needed).

MINI PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat the cups of 2 24-cup mini muffin tins with cooking spray.
• Whisk together the flour, chocolate chips, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and baking soda in a medium bowl. Whisk together the pumpkin, sugar, butter, sour cream, vanilla and egg in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Stir the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture until just combined but with a few small lumps.
• Fill each muffin cup with a generous tablespoon of batter. Bake until the muffins have pulled away from the sides of the pan and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 12 to 16 minutes. Transfer the muffins to a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

MINI PUMPKIN FLAX MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a mini cupcake/muffin pan with non-stick spray or line with baking cups.
• In a large bowl of a mixer, beat together pumpkin and Stevia. Then beat in eggs one at a time.
• Add the sugar-free syrup and vanilla, and mix well.
• With mixer on low, gradually add ground flax 1/3 at a time until well combined.
• Stir in salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• Spoon mixture into cups, filling about 2/3 of the way.
• Place in oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool for 5 minutes before releasing muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.

MINI PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350.
• Line with papers or grease mini muffin pans.
• Combine flour, spice, soda, powder and salt in small bowl.
• Beat sugar and oil in mixer bowl until blended.
• Add pumpkin and eggs; beat well, Gradually stir in flour mixture.
• Fill cups 2/3 full and sprinkle 1/2 tsp of crumbled granola. Press in lightly.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or till tests clean with toothpick.
• Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.
• Store covered or in plastic bag.

MINI PUMPKIN MUFFINS WITH ORANGE DRIZZLE

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to center position and heat oven to 425 degrees. Spray 36 mini-muffin cups with vegetable cooking spray.
• Bring pumpkin, ginger, cinnamon and cloves to a simmer in a medium saucepan until puree thickens enough to start sticking to pan bottom, 6 to 8 minutes. Turn hot puree into a bowl. Whisk in brown sugar and oil, then slowly beat in eggs.
• Meanwhile, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; whisk into pumpkin mixture until just combined.
• Divide batter among the muffin cups and bake until golden and cooked through, about 10 minutes. Let stand a few minutes, then transfer mini-muffins to a wire rack to cool. Mix the drizzle ingredients together and drizzle over warm muffins.

HEART-HEALTHY PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Add raisins and stir to coat with flour. Set aside.
• Mix brown sugar, oil and molasses; add milk, egg, and pumpkin; blend well.
• Stir in flour mixture, blending only until flour disappears. Fill greased muffin pans.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 16 to 18 minutes.

VIRTUALLY FAT FREE MINI PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix all of the ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
• Stir until all of the ingredients are JUST MOISTENED to keep them fluffy.
• Scoop into nonstick or paper-lined mini-muffin tray.
• Bake at 375 for 14 minutes and cool on a wire rack.
• Optional: You may add a cup of walnuts to the mix and/or top them with icing or confectioners sugar if desired.

PUMPKIN CRUNCH MINI MUFFINS

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 400º F (200º C).
• Spray 24 mini muffin cups with vegetable spray.
• COMBINE first 8 ingredients in large mixing bowl.
• In smaller bowl, combine milk, pumpkin, vegetable oil and egg.
• ADD liquid ingredients to to dry ingredients, mixing only until moistened. Fill muffin cups. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
• BAKE at 400º F (200º C) for 15 - 18 minutes, or until golden.