Not your Grandma's pumpkin Muffins

1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 cup All Purpose Flour
1 Tbsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 Tsp salt
½ tsp Ground Cloves
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
2/3 Unsweetened Applesauce
1 (generous) Cup Canned Pumpkin
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1 Large Egg
2 Egg Whites
2/3 cup Fat Free Milk

Preheat oven to 400. Coat a 12-hole muffin tin with cooking spray and/or line with cupcake wrappers if desired.

Combine flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl;

Combine applesauce, pumpkin, sugar, eggs and milk in a medium bowl; mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon.

Add applesauce mixture to flour mixture and mix until completely incorporated.

Pour batter into muffin tins until each hole is about 2/3 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.


Optional: Mix 8oz 1/3 fat cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla for frosting.

Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user 2DOGSANDACHICK.