Healthy pumpkin chocolate chip muffin recipes for kids and adults alike. Yields 2 dozen muffins that freeze well. Can also be made without eggs - just as delicious!
1can14 oz or 398mL pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling), or 1 ¾ cup fresh pureed pumpkin
½cuplight vegetable oil such as canola or grapeseed oil
2cupssour milksee Notes for an easy tip
3eggsoptional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
This recipe makes 2 dozen medium muffins, so you will either need to bake in two batches or have two 12 cup muffin pans ready - greased or lined with medium paper liners.
Use a large bowl and sift whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt.
Stir in raisins.
In a medium-sized bowl combine the pumpkin puree, oil, sour milk and eggs.
Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and pour in all of the liquid mixture. Gently stir with a fork until batter is just mixed, it is okay for it to be a little lumpy.
Use a ladle or large serving spoon to fill muffin tins ¾ full.
Bake for 18-22 minutes or until firm to the touch; cool in muffin pan on a baking rack for five minutes then remove the muffins and cool them directly on the rack.
Notes
Tip: to make sour milk, put 4 teaspoon of lemon juice OR vinegar in the bottom of a two-cup measuring cup and add milk until you have two cups of liquid. Let the mixture stand for about 5 minutes - you will see it curdle a little. Make this dairy-free by substituting almond milk or oat milk - still delicious!