Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
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Serves: 12
Nothing says fall like pumpkin! These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins are delicious anytime, but especially perfect in fall.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sucanat or turbinado sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place paper liners in muffin pan.
- Mix sugar, unsweetened applesauce and eggs together in a medium bowl. Add pumpkin and water.
- In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt. Add wet mixture to dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
- Cooking Tip: You may replace half of the whole wheat flour in this recipe with almond flour. You may also use maple sugar instead of sucanat or turbinado sugar.
Calories: 136 Fat: 3.3 g Carbohydrates: 26 g Sugar: 8 g Fiber: 3 g Protein: 4 g