I just made these muffins and my boys each had two. Zeeb said, “Mom, Sanks for buying dese muffins.” They are a little health-food-y, but if you’re afraid, just use all-purpose flour, and eggs instead of flax seeds. They just won’t have as much fiber. They could even have 1/2 cup chocolate chips instead of cocoa, but just use 2 tablespoons less milk/soymilk.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
For vegan variation, grind 2 tablespoons flax seeds in a coffee grinder and stir in 6 tablespoons water
cream together:
1/4 cup canola oil
3/4 cup sugar
add:
flax mixture, OR 2 eggs, OR one egg and one egg white, mix well
1/2 cup plus 2 T milk or soymilk
1/2 t vanilla, mix again
1 cup pumpkin puree, mix well
in another bowl, sift together:
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 T baking powder
1/4 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1 t cinnamon
add dry ingredients to wet and mix until combined. Spoon into greased muffin tin.
bake for about 30 minutes, turning halfway for even browning.
If the batter is too runny, I sometimes add 1/2 cup rolled oats. I like the texture with the oats.
I’ll be back later to post nutritional content.
March 2, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Ahh, I thought you were going to make those huge M&M cookies 🙂
March 2, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Thanks for this recipe. I’m a vegan, and I like muffins. I’ll share this with the Vegan & Vegetarian Forums.
March 2, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Sure Scott! I hope you like them. I also hope they work, cause I’ll be pretty ashamed if I’m sharing a faulty recipe. 😉
March 4, 2007 at 5:51 pm
I love ANYTHING with pumpkin, this sounds like something I would like to try but I don’t have a coffee bean grinder. Should I just sneak the flax seeds to the grocery store and grind there? I have a hand held wheat grinder? Would that work?
March 5, 2007 at 7:54 am
Yeah, a wheat grinder would work. I don’t think they would be as finely ground, though. You would just have to set it as fine as you could. Or, I’m pretty sure you could just buy already ground flax seeds. You just have to keep them in the freezer because they go rancid quickly.
March 7, 2007 at 10:15 am
These look good! I’m going to to give them a try. 😀
Love, Wardeh
March 7, 2007 at 10:39 am
Wardeh, I bet you’ll substitute the sugar for something a little less refined. 😉 If you do, could you let me know how it works? It seems like you would have to adjust the amount of flour if you’re using liquid sweetener.
March 13, 2007 at 12:26 am
Sarah,
I haven’t made them yet… but I am going to soon! Yes, I’ll sub agave probably, although I might try date sugar. If I do the agave, which is liquid, I’ll either reduce the total amount of liquid or add more flour.
I’ll let you know!
Love, Wardeh