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Snacks | Vegetarian

Pumpkin muffins

Look after your heart, bones, cells and vision with these fab savoury muffins

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Pumpkin muffins recipe
Serves:
12
Preparation:
0 Mins
Cooking:
25 Mins
High FODMAP:
Yes
Allergens:
Nuts, Milk, Lactose, Eggs, Gluten
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What are the health benefits of Pumpkin muffins?

Look after your heart, bones, cells and vision with these fab savoury muffins. If you haven’t got any pumpkin, try using butternut squash instead. Remember to save the recipe to your recipes first and change before adding to your food diary.

 

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Ingredients

250g pumpkin flesh cut into small cubes nutritional information
250g pumpkin flesh cut into small cubes
60ml vegetable oil nutritional information
60ml vegetable oil
180g self-raising flour nutritional information
180g self-raising flour
130g wholemeal flour nutritional information
130g wholemeal flour
1 tsp baking powder nutritional information
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda nutritional information
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
pinch salt nutritional information
pinch salt
2 medium eggs, lightly beaten nutritional information
2 medium eggs, lightly beaten
100ml plain yoghurt nutritional information
100ml plain yoghurt
275ml whole milk nutritional information
275ml whole milk
1 tbsp honey nutritional information
1 tbsp honey
Handful pumpkin seeds nutritional information
Handful pumpkin seeds
Handful pecan nuts, half crushed nutritional information
Handful pecan nuts, half crushed
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Method

Simply follow our simply laid out recipe:

1) Place the pumpkin into a saucepan and boil with a little water for 10 – 15 minutes, until soft, drain. Reserve the liquid.
2) Mash into a puree using a little of the boiling liquid.
3) Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6.
4) Place muffin cases in a 12-hole muffin tin.
5) Sift the flours, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl. Add the salt.
6) Meanwhile in another bowl, mix the eggs, milk, honey, yoghurt and vegetable oil until well combined.
7) Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and fold together, keeping as much air in the mixture as possible.
8) Stir in the pumpkin gently.
9) Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases.
10) Sprinkle the pecans, and pumpkin seeds over the muffins.
11) Bake for 20–25 minutes, or until the muffins are well risen and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

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