Mind Your P’s and Q’s Muffins
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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour ¾ cup brown sugar1 tsp pumpkin pie spice 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda½ tsp salt ¾ cup cooked* quinoa 2 eggs ¾ cup pumpkin puree½ cup buttermilk (well shaken) 2 tbsp canola oil2 tbsp apple butter2 tsp vanilla
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease 12 muffin cups.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the cooked quinoa and stir until well blended.
In another bowl, beat the eggs.
Add the pumpkin, buttermilk, oil, applesauce, and vanilla. Whisk until the mixture is smooth.
Gradually stir the liquid into the dry ingredients just until the flour is incorporated. Do not overmix.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
Cool in tins 5 minutes, then remove and cool thoroughly on wire racks, or eat immediately!
If not eating the same day, freeze for up to 3 months.
*NOTE: To cook Quinoa, bring 2 cups water to boil. Stir in 1 cup Quinoa and reduce heat to medium/low. Cover and cook for 12 minutes. Remove from heat, fluff with fork and let stand 15 minutes.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the cooked quinoa and stir until well blended.
In another bowl, beat the eggs.
Add the pumpkin, buttermilk, oil, applesauce, and vanilla. Whisk until the mixture is smooth.
Gradually stir the liquid into the dry ingredients just until the flour is incorporated. Do not overmix.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
Cool in tins 5 minutes, then remove and cool thoroughly on wire racks, or eat immediately!
If not eating the same day, freeze for up to 3 months.
*NOTE: To cook Quinoa, bring 2 cups water to boil. Stir in 1 cup Quinoa and reduce heat to medium/low. Cover and cook for 12 minutes. Remove from heat, fluff with fork and let stand 15 minutes.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 174.2
- Total Fat: 4.1 g
- Cholesterol: 35.8 mg
- Sodium: 64.0 mg
- Total Carbs: 31.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
- Protein: 4.3 g
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