Wheatena Maple Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins

Submitted by Mirdreams

"This is a recipe adapted from one on the Wheatena website."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Yields: 16 muffins
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 1 cup solid pack pumpkin (canned)
• 1 cup skim milk (I used skim plus for extra protein)
• 1⁄4 cup melted I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, for baking
• 1⁄4 cup maple syrup
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 1 cup Wheatena
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup Splenda sugar substitute, with fiber
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3⁄4 cup craisins (sweetened dried cranberries)
• 1 -3 tablespoon quick oatmeal (optional)
• 1 -3 tablespoon craisins (optional)
• i can't believe it's not butter-flavored cooking spray (optional)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine wet ingredients (pumpkin, milk, egg, butter and syrup) mixing well.
3. In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients (flour, Wheatena, sugar, baking powder and salt), I like to use a fork for this.
4. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until moistened. Stir in 3/4 cup of crasins.
5. Spray 16 medium silicon muffin cups, set on a cookie sheet, with butter flavored baking spray. Spoon mixture into cups, filling each cup about 75% full (or to line if there is one). If desired sprinkle top with oats and additional craisins, then spray tops with the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray (I recommend you do, it makes the muffins much prettier).
6. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. This is the baking time if you're using the silicon baking cups, if you're not I would check them at 15 minutes.