Healthy Pumpkin Oat Muffins

4.82 from 11 votes

Healthy Pumpkin Oat Muffins

These Healthy Pumpkin Oat Muffins are low in fat and sugar, but they're so moist and flavorful because they're packed with pumpkin and applesauce!

Course Snack

Cuisine American, Fall, Muffin

Keyword Healthy Pumpkin Oat Muffins

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 17

Total Time 27

Servings muffins

Calories 180kcal

Author Chrissie (thebusybaker.ca)

Equipment

Ingredients

1 cup pumpkin puree (canned is best)
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2/3 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup rolled oats plus a few tablespoons for sprinkling
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp powdered ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds for sprinkling on before baking

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius). Prepare a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
To a large bowl, add the pumpkin, applesauce, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and canola oil. Whisk these ingredients together with a wire whisk until they're combined.
To the wet ingredients, add the flour, oats, baking soda, salt and spices. Mix the dry ingredients together a little bit with your fingers before using a rubber spatula to fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Don't over-mix here, but stop as soon as you see the flour disappear.
Spoon the batter evenly into the 12 muffin cups you've prepared with paper liners. Sprinkle a few oats and a few pumpkin seeds onto the top of each muffin before putting them in the oven to bake.
Bake the muffins for 17-19 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius) or until the tops lose their shine and they bounce back to the touch.
Let the muffins cool in the tin for 5-10 minutes before removing them from the tin onto a wire rack to cool completely before enjoying!

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Notes

Storage Instructions

These muffins make a great after school snack or a snack for school lunches! They keep well in an airtight container for several days at room temperature.

Freezer Instructions

Freeze these muffins in an airtight container or freezer bag for up to 3 months.

No-Fail Tips

These muffins contain approximately 173 calories each without the added pumpkin seeds, and approximately 226 calories each with the added pumpkin seeds.

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