Pumpkin Spice Muffins

So completely heavenly, moist and fluffy, these Pumpkin Spice Muffins are healthy enough for breakfast and scrumptious enough for dessert. Such a family favorite!

healthy pumpkin muffin tips

With the pumpkin, avocado oil and spices, this Pumpkin Spice Muffin already packs a good amount of wholesomeness. Here are a few tips that will really up the healthy muffin factor.

how to turn these muffins into pumpkin oatmeal muffins.

To turn this muffin recipe into a pumpkin oat muffin lower the all-purpose flour down to 1 cup and add 1 cup ground oats.

Pro Tip: Replacing 1 cup of all-purpose flour with 1 cup of ground oats will increase the baking time to 35- 40 minutes. 

This food processor has been a life saver for me with everything from making oat flour, grating cheese to grinding dates for making energy balls. I use the processor at least once a week and it is still going strong after almost 10 years.

replacing the sugar with honey.

Let me first say that I am a huge fan of using raw local honey in these muffins. My husband didn’t enjoy the replacement as much as I did. If you tend to like sweeter muffins stick with granulated cane sugar when preparing these muffins.

To replace the sugar with honey just swap out 1 cup of sugar with 1 cup of honey.

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

  • 15 oz can pumpkin
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup oil *I used avocado oil
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup granulated sugar

Dry Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves (optional)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Optional Additions

  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350℉ and line a 12 cup muffin pan with muffin liners.

  2. Cream together wet ingredients. In a separate medium sized bowl sift together dry ingredients.

    Incorporate dry ingredients into wet ingredients, mixing until just incorporated.

    Stir in additional toppings.

  3. Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup divide batter among muffins cups. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and muffin springs back to the touch.

Recipe Notes

*Please use as many organic ingredients as possible.* thank you fed up foodie by heather