Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins |
Pumpkin oatmeal muffins are the excellent tumble breakfast, or dessert!
Joyful October! Slide weather is lastly below for real. I’m often torn among remaining unhappy summer months is around and remaining energized for tumble. I like the fall- soccer, pumpkin every little thing, and my birthday! Following attending FNCE (a dietitian meeting) in Florida last 7 days and browsing Epcot I am invested. This is your 30’s mates. But let’s talk about this recipe!
Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins
Breakfast for dessert? Either! I endorse chocolate chips and sprinkles if you are picking out a dessert alternatives. And I recommend nuts, seeds, and/or fruit if you are opting for a breakfast option. A snack could go both way! I added sprinkles as a birthday celebration to make them a small extra festive.
There are a million pumpkin recipes circulating the net correct now and the key matter that sets these aside is they are soooo simple and easily customized. Examine out this spherical up of other delightful pumpkin recipes from my fellow dietitian bloggers- they variety from very simple, to savory, to sweet.
You could include blueberries, skip the pumpkin spice and just increase cinnamon, or you could increase white chocolate chips and floor the flour to make them a little fancier on the lookout. To every single their very own, but absolutely give these pumpkin oatmeal muffins a try out!
Diabetes Helpful Muffins
To hold the pumpkin oatmeal muffins extra diabetic issues friendly I advocate opting for nuts/seeds and skipping the fruit or chocolate. They can be warmed up as an straightforward breakfast or snack straight from the freezer. Serve with a smear of product cheese, yogurt, or a challenging boiled egg on the aspect to improve protein.
Fortunately these muffins are already bursting with terrific diet- combining the pumpkin and rolled oats produces a fiber stuffed muffin. Cinnamon from the pumpkin pie spice is also a wonderful addition for blood sugar management. Diabetic issues doesn’t have to indicate dessert or baked merchandise have to go- it just means building more healthy alternatives.
Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1.5 tsp pumpkin pie spice (or 1/2 tsp cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom)
- 1/2 salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips optional
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Preheat oven to 350
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Merge dry ingredients: oats, spices, salt, and baking soda
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Combine wet components: pumpkin, applesauce, maple syrup, and eggs
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Fold soaked elements carefully into dry components (including chocolate chips below if utilizing)
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Stir until just put together
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Scoop into muffin tins and bake for 20 minutes.
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Serve heat (I store in fridge and warmth up as required)
Do you like pumpkin?? What year is your birthday!?
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