Lite Or Light Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipes

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat regular-sized muffin molds with cooking spray.
• Beat together light butter and sugar. Beat in pumpkin, apple sauce, egg, vanilla, and milk.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.
• Gently fold in flour mixture to wet mixture, being sure not to over mix. Gently fold in 4 tbsp of chocolate chips, reserving 2 tbsp to sprinkle on top.
• Divide batter among muffin pans. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips evenly over the top of each muffin.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 22-26 minutes. Let cool in muffin mold for 5 minutes if using silicon. If using an aluminum pan, let cool for 15 minutes before. removing to cool completely.

LIGHT PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 16 muffin cups with paper liners. Spray liners with cooking spray.
• Mix pumpkin puree, egg, sugar, vegetable oil, applesauce, and vanilla extract together in a bowl.
• Mix flour, pudding mix, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl. Add about half the chocolate chips; stir. Pour pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture; stir to combine. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups; top with remaining chocolate chips.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

LITE OR LIGHT PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix first 5 ingredients together; separately, mix dry ingredients.
• Blend the two mixtures together, fold in chips.
• Generously fill 24 greased or paper-lined muffin cups. (I have found the paper liners don't work very well.).
• Bake at 400 degrees F. for 16-20 minutes.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease and flour muffin pan or use paper liners.
• Mix sugar, oil, eggs. Add pumpkin and water. In separate bowl mix together the baking flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt. Add wet mixture and stir in chocolate chips.
• Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350º. Spray a nonstick muffin tin sprayed well with nonstick spray, or line the tin with paper muffin cups and spray the cups with nonstick spray. Set aside.
• Put the pumpkin, water, canola oil, ground flax seed, and vanilla in a blender and process on high for at least one minute, until light in color and well-blended. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the whole wheat pastry flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, kosher salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add the pumpkin mixture and mix well with a wooden spoon or large spatula until well-blended. If the mixture seems a little dry, add extra water. Fold in the chocolate chips or carob chips and nuts.
• Spoon the batter into the muffin tin, distributing evenly to make 12 muffins. Sprinkle the top of each muffin with sugar, if desired.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a cake tested inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Let cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then use a spatula to gently lift each muffin from the muffin tin. Finish cooling on a wire rack.