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healthy(ish) pumpkin muffins

With fall quicky approaching (although today it was close to 90 degrees in Boston, it's SUPPOSED to be fall now), I compulsively bake with pumpkin. I'm also trying to eat healthier, so I modified Isa's recipe for "The Best Pumpkin Muffins" from Vegan with a Vengeance -- and got great results!

1 c whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 c all-purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 1/4 c sugar or substitute (I used Whole Foods Zero, which is calorie-free, chemical-free, and bone char-free)
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp allspice
1/8 tsp ground clove
1 c canned pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie mix)
1/2 c vegan milk
1/3 c applesauce
2 tsp canola oil
2 tbsp molasses
1 c dried cranberries

Sift together all dry ingredients (except cranberries). In a separate bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients. Pour wet into dry and mix. Fold in cranberries. Bake at 400 degrees for 18-20 min, until toothpick comes out clean. I got 16 standard size muffins.

Comments

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[info]blackholecali wrote:
Sep. 26th, 2007 04:43 am (UTC)
yum thanks for this. I love VWAV but a lot of the foods aren't diet-friendly!
[info]jaymzeecat wrote:
Sep. 26th, 2007 09:34 am (UTC)
What's "Whole Foods Zero" made of? I haven't heard of it.

Are you going to the Food Festival next month?
[info]_je_taime wrote:
Sep. 26th, 2007 10:20 pm (UTC)
sugar itself is a chemical. water is a chemical. chemicals are not always bad!
[info]katiekins wrote:
Sep. 27th, 2007 12:51 am (UTC)
I just meant as opposed to aspartame or whatever.
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