Wheatena Maple Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins - cooking recipe

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)
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F.
    In a large mixing bowl, combine wet ingredients (pumpkin, milk, egg, butter and syrup) mixing well.
    In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients (flour, Wheatena, sugar, baking powder and salt), I like to use a fork for this.
    Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until moistened. Stir in 3/4 cup of crasins.
    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).
    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.

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