Pumpkin Apple Harvest Muffins

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Ingredients

• 1 cup of 100% pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup of organic turbinado or brown sugar
• 1/2 cup of organic unsweetened applesauce
• 2 pastured eggs (or 1/2 cup of mashed ripe banana so it's vegan friendly)
• 2/3 cup white whole wheat flour
• 1/3 cup stone ground whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons homemade pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• (I recommend Pink Himalayan, Celtic or Utah sourced salt)
• 1/2 an organic apple, cored and diced
• 1/4 cup dried sweetened cranberries

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from therisingspoon.com

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 12-count muffin tin with butter or coconut oil. If using muffin liners, insert into tin and grease those instead (you can omit both of these steps if you're using silicone muffin pans or liners). In a mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients (sugar, flour, oats, baking powder, spices, & salt) and stir. Then add the wet ingredients (pumpkin, applesauce, eggs) and mix everything only until the dry ingredients are incorporated.

Gently stir the diced apples and dried cranberries into batter. Fill each muffin tin equally until all the batter is used up. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick or fork stuck into the middle of a muffin comes out clean (with no wet batter).

To make these vegan friendly, substitute 1/4 cup of ripe, mashed banana for each egg. I considered doing this but wasn't sure how the banana flavor would affect everything. Let me know if you try this!

Use whatever flour you have on hand. The ratio I used was my own preference. You can go with all-purpose, whole wheat, etc. Using only whole wheat flour will likely make the muffins more dense, though. Keep that in mind.

The muffins are pretty small and don't rise much, so feel free to double the recipe if you want 24 muffins. They go fast! Adding more baking powder might help them rise more, if you're feeling experimental. I have not tried this, though.