Oh, right. In my last post. Well, just to reiterate... I love Fall! Don't worry, I won't ramble about the wonderful sensory bliss that is Autumn. :)
I'll just cut straight to the chase. I made Pumpkin Muffins! I found a recipe online for lo-cal pumpkin muffins and of course I tweaked it a little bit to make it taste extra yummy.
Here's the Recipe!
Pumpkin Bran Muffins
- 1 15 oz. can pumpkin
- 1 cup bran cereal
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup (3-1/2 oz.) sugar
- 2 Tbsp. (1 oz.) brown sugar, packed
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1-1/4 cups (5 3/8 oz.) unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. ginger
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. allspice
- 1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 cup (6 oz.) raisins
- Demarara or coarse sugar for sprinkling
In a large mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, bran cereal, butter, and sugars. Stir in the eggs and buttermilk. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, spices, baking soda and baking powder. Stir into the pumpkin mixture, then stir in the raisins. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the batter for 4 hours or overnight.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease or line the wells of a muffin pan with papers. Scoop the batter into the pan, using a heaping 1/4 cup of batter for each. Sprinkle the tops with sugar if desired, then bake in the preheated oven for 25-28 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove the muffins from the oven and allow them to cool in the pan for five minutes before taking them out of the pan to finish cooling on a rack.
Yield: 12 muffins.
Per muffin: 150 cal, 3g fat, 3g protein, 19g complex carbohydrates, 12g sugar, 4 g dietary fiber, 41mg cholesterol, 348mg sodium, 288mg potassium, 881RE vitamin A, 2mg vitamin C, 3mg iron, 69mg calcium, 127mg phosphorus
I found the recipe Here.
So here are the Sarah adaptation secrets: I add just a little extra ginger. I used to be scared of that spice until I learned what to mix it in! :) Also, instead of Allspice I use Pumpkin Pie Spice. I have no respect for Allspice. It's a lazy, presumptuous spice. I'll make my OWN combo of spices, thankyouverymuch. I add a little vanilla extract, as well. That's pretty much the secret to all my confections. Vanilla extract tastes like love. Well, once it's mixed into things and baked. By itself it tastes like...sadness. I leave the raisins out because I'm a pumpkin purist.
Anywho, I'm trying to find a glaze that is worthy of these muffins that won't mar the taste or send the calories through the roof. So that's the new goal. Sorry I don't have a picture yet. I'll try to get one up here soon. :)
Hopefully I'll get around to posting about cake pops this week. I know I know I know... I've promised a whole bunch. I'll post it soon! Cross my heart!