Healthy Pumpkin Muffins With Applesauce Food

APPLESAUCE PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together sugar, oil and eggs. Add pumpkin, applesauce and vanilla. Sprinkle baking soda, baking powder and salt over top. Stir until well blended.
• Stir in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice and ginger; be careful not to over-mix.
• Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle coarse sugar on top. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in a muffin comes out clean.

HEALTHY PUMPKIN MUFFINS WITH APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• In two separate bowls, mix dry, then wet, and then combine, adding wet to dry and stirring gently until the mixture is uniform-ish.
• Depending if you are making bread or muffins, either spoon the mixture into a non-stick (or greased) muffin tray or bread pan.
• Pop them in the oven for about 25 minutes (for muffins) or 75 minutes (for bread) and do a fork check near the end to test done-ness.

PUMPKIN APPLESAUCE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Grease 12 half-cup muffin cups with melted butter. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until creamy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, applesauce, pumpkin, and vanilla until blended. Add dry ingredients, alternating with the juice, beginning and ending with the dry mixture; mix until smooth. Fold in raisins.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each cup two-thirds full. Bake on the center oven rack until a toothpick inserted in the center of each muffin comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven and allow muffins to cool in the pans several minutes; turn muffins out onto a rack. Serve muffins warm or at room temperature. Repeat steps 1 through 3 with remaining batter.

WHOLE WHEAT PUMPKIN-APPLESAUCE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups, or line the cups with paper muffin liners.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice; set aside. Combine the brown sugar, white sugar, oil, applesauce, pumpkin, buttermilk, and beaten eggs and mix until well blended. Pour the pumpkin mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Fold in the raisins and pecans, if desired.
• Divide the batter evenly in the prepared muffin pan. Bake in the preheated oven until the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the muffin pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes before removing the muffins from the pan.

PINEAPPLE-APPLESAUCE-PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine first 8 ingredients.
• In a separate bowl, combine oil, applesauce, pineapple, eggs, and pumpkin.
• Add to dry ingredients and stir just to combine.
• Spoon a rounded tablespoon into each muffin cup.
• Bake for 12 - 14 minutes.