Description
These healthy Pumpkin Apple Mini Muffins are perfect for snacking or giving as a DIY gift.
Ingredients
Units
Scale
- 4 tablespoons butter (softened)
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour (or gluten free 1:1 baking replacement flour)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/4 cup ground flax seed
- 1 cup finely diced sweet apple (about 1 medium size apple)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F. Spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray or line with mini muffin papers.
- In a mixer on medium speed, cream together butter and pumpkin, about 3-4 minutes.
- Add brown sugar and continue to beat in for about 3 minutes. Then add honey and mix until well combined.
- Stop mixer and add in egg and vanilla. Mix on low speed until well combined.
- Stop mixer and add in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. (You may need to add flour in 2 batches depending on the size of your mixing bowl.) Mix in on low speed until incorporated, then add ground flax seed and increase speed slightly and mix well for one minute or less.
- Toss in diced apple and fold into batter using a spatula.
- Spoon into muffin pan, about 1 tablespoon of batter per opening. (Fill about 75% full.)
- Bake for 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan for 2 minutes, then remove and cool on a wire rack.
Notes
You can substitute 1 1/4 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice for the cinnamon and nutmeg if you prefer.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Muffins
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 57
- Sugar: 5
- Sodium: 93
- Fat: 2
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 9
- Fiber: 1
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 9