pumpkin chocolate chip muffins
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
Author: Clean Eating Online
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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
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place paper liners in muffin pan.
  2. Mix sugar, unsweetened applesauce and eggs together in a medium bowl. Add pumpkin and water.
  3. 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.
  4. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
  5. 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