Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole-grain pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsulphered molasses
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup lowfat buttermilk
- 1/4 cup raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose and whole-wheat flours, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg.
In a large bowl, whisk the sugar, molasses, oil and 1 egg until combined. Add the other egg and whisk well. Whisk in the pumpkin and vanilla. Whisk in the flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the buttermilk. Whisk just until combined.
Pour the batter into the prepared muffin pan and sprinkle with the pumpkin seeds. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to remove any air bubbles. Bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of 1 of the muffins comes out clean.
Let cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the muffins to loosen them and unmold. Cool completely on the rack.
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By anamama
on May 06, 2013
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These were gross. No one in my family liked them. They were bland. Taste shouldn't be sacrificed in the name of 'healthy.'
By elizabethkledzi...
Richmond, VA
on March 08, 2013
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good muffins - my picky toddler even wolfed them down! with regards to the not sweet enough comments, I think it's important to remember these aren't cupcakes. These are on the plain-side, but I simply upped the spices and added some pumpkin pie spice and I think they turned out great. good consistency, look beautiful too.
By gml4923
Amherst, MA
on February 26, 2013
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These were delicious and moist. The changes I made were the following: adding a table spoon of poppy seeds and I may have, by accident, added a cup of milk with lemon juice (substituted for buttermilk. We thought they were plenty sweet and there was no need for the additional sugar others had suggested.
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