Name: Healthy and Delicious Pumpkin Muffins
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 small pumpkin (smaller pumpkins are sweeter); 5 ounces oil (any kind, for baking (plus more for pumpkin)); 2 cups whole wheat flour; ¾ cup sugar; 1½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice (optional); ½ teaspoon cinnamon; ½ teaspoon nutmeg (optional); ½ teaspoon salt; 4 eggs; 1 ripe banana (mashed); 1 teaspoon vanilla

Healthy and Delicious Pumpkin Muffins

Healthy and delicious pumpkin muffins that can be served as a side dish or eaten as a snack or lunchbox treat.

Healthy and Delicious Pumpkin Muffins

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

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Servings

Ingredients

1 small pumpkin smaller pumpkins are sweeter
5 ounces oil any kind, for baking (plus more for pumpkin)
2 cups whole wheat flour
¾ cup sugar
1½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice optional
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon nutmeg optional
½ teaspoon salt
4 eggs
1 ripe banana mashed
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Cut pumpkin in half, take out seeds and rub inside with oil.
Roast face down at 375° for about 1½ hours until pumpkin meat is soft, let cool.
Meanwhile in a medium bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
Scoop out pumpkin flesh and place in a large bowl. Mix with oil, eggs, banana, and vanilla. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients using a hand mixer or stand mixer to make it easier.
Spoon batter into 18 muffin cups, bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes. They are ready when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Enjoy these muffins fresh or they can also be frozen in a freezer bag and placed in your child’s lunch frozen. They will thaw within 30 minutes.