About the Recipe
As the seasons change and the weather gets colder and leaves start to fall from the trees, a craving for comforting treats arises that is hard to resist. For those who're mindful of their well being and staying in shape, discovering a snack that pleases the taste buds while still aligning with their objectives is crucial. Pumpkin Spice Muffin Tops offer a solution, with their flavors and nutritious ingredients. This recipe turns fall spices and wholesome flours into a treat that supports your efforts towards a healthy lifestyle.
Spicy, sweet pumpkin muffin tops—perfect for cozy, health-conscious fall treats!
How it Can Help Your Fitness
The base of these muffin tops consists of a mix of whole wheat pastry flour, along with millet flour and white rice flour carefully blended together to create the perfect texture while also providing numerous health benefits. Whole wheat pastry flour offers a source of fiber that helps with digestion and keeps you feeling full. Important for managing weight. Millet flour is a grain packed with essential vitamins and minerals that promote bone and heart health among other benefits. This blend includes white rice flour to give the muffin tops an attractive texture.
This recipe uses maple syrup and Truvia brown sugar blend, for sweetness and less refined sugars in the muffin tops to bring out a sweetness reflecting the flavors of autumn beautifully. The cinnamon spice offers more than warmth—it provides inflammatory benefits along with ginger and nutmeg while cardamom can help boost metabolism, in each delicious muffin top to promote well being and energy levels.
Adding pumpkin puree, to these goodies not only gives them that seasonal taste but also ramps up their nutritional value a notch or two! Pumpkins pack a punch with vitamins A and C that're crucial for bolstered immunity and glowing skin – turning each muffin top into a nutrient packed powerhouse that caters, to both your taste buds and your well being!
Nutrition Facts
Including coconut oil and an egg adds fats and protein to these muffin tops for a well rounded choice in nutrition. Coconut oils healthy fats are recognized for boosting energy levels and supporting cholesterol levels. The protein from the egg is helpful for muscle recovery and growth. For active individuals looking to bounce back from their workouts.
Each muffin top is topped off with a dash of pumpkin seeds, for a crunch that beautifully complements the moist texture underneath it all! Pumpkin seeds pack a punch of nutrients such as magnesium that plays a role in muscle function and keeping our energy levels up.
These Pumpkin Spice Muffin Tops aren't just treats. They embody the essence of fall. Are designed to help you stay healthy and fit along the journey too! Whether you grab one for a breakfast, during a morning or munch, as a post workout refueler, or even enjoy them guilt free as a dessert choice that won't weigh you down. The possibilities are endless! Picture yourself savoring these goodies with a steaming cup of tea or coffee amidst the autumn air. The spices filling your senses with a moment of pure and wholesome delight.
In the end these muffin tops don't just serve as a treat but also showcase that tasty food can also be good for you. Allowing you to savor the autumn tastes while taking care of your well being. Demonstrating that you can satisfy your fall cravings in a manner that promotes your health and fitness goals as well.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
Flour Mix: 70 grams Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, 80 grams Millet Flour, 50 grams White Rice Flour
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
Pinch of Salt
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoons Ground Ginger
Freshly-Ground Nutmeg (to taste)
1/4 teaspoon Cardamom
Wet Ingredients
40 grams Melted Coconut Oil
30 grams Maple Syrup
50 grams Truvia Brown Sugar
1 Egg (room temperature)
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/4 Cup Pumpkin Seeds (to top each muffin before baking)
330 grams Pumpkin Puree
Steps
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium-sized bowl, mix all the dry ingredients together.
In a small bowl, mix all the wet ingredients together.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and combine well. The batter will be thick but NOT firm like cookie dough. Do not worry. It will set well after it has baked and cooled completely.
Scoop a medium, cookie-size batter on top of the lined baking sheet and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds on top.
Bake for about 23 minutes. Wait for 10 minutes before transferring them onto a cooling rack.
About the Author
Elina is the founder of Fitnello Fitness, as well as the Head ISSA Certified Trainer. She graduated from UC Davis with a Bachelor's in Psychology.
Originally from Latvia, Elina moved to America with her family in 1998 at the age of 10. She is fluent in three languages - English, Ukrainian, and Russian. Her excitement and passion for fitness and nutrition has been evident from a young age. At just 14 years old, Elina already had dreams of becoming a dietitian to help those like her who struggled with self-image. Now, she has created MANY recipes for meals that will help you achieve your fitness goals in a healthy and delicious way.