Pumpkin Apple Butter Muffins

WI Cheesehead's Note:

I adapted another recipe and came up with this. It was originally Sweet Potato Bread or Muffins, but I changed it quite a bit.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 24 muffins

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup honey
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup apple butter or 1/2 cup applesauce
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, honey, pumpkin, oil, apple butter and vanilla; mix well.
3. In another bowl, combine flour with remaining ingredients (except nuts).
4. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and only mix until blended. Don't overmix. Add the nuts.
5. Divide the batter equally among 24 paper muffin lined cups and bake for 30-35 minutes.

Reviews

[Cookworm]

These are lovely and moist but not sticky or oily. I used homemade apple butter, and left off the nuts. I didn't have whole wheat pastry flour so I used half white pastry flour and half regular wheat flour. I love that they are so low in fat.

[Chef #712750]

A winner. Good flavor and I'll definately make again.

[Chef #712423]

Good recipe. I added ground flax seed and used about 1/2 c. of canola oil. Yieled 18 decent sized muffins.