Pumpkin Cupcake Muffins
Sweet
and filled with spice, these cupcake muffins also bring a dose of
vitamins with the pumpkin and spelt flour. The coconut glaze is light
and melds beautifully with the pumpkin and spices bringing a bit of
tropical love to the table.
adapted from Hell Yeah it's Vegan
1 1/4 cup canned pumpkin **
3/4 cup sugar
3 Tbs oil (we used avocado oil)
5 Tbs low fat coconut milk (we use Trader Joe's brand)
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup spelt flour (may use all all-purpose if desired)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground ginger
pinch ground clove
1/4 tsp salt
For the Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
2-4 Tbs low fat coconut milk
For the Cupcake Muffins:
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, sugar, oil, coconut milk and vanilla.
In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt.
Add
the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk just until
incorporated. Be careful not to overmix to avoid "tough" goods.
Spoon
into prepared muffin pans - either regular sized or mini - and bake.
For regular sized muffins bake about 17 - 20 minutes, or until a
toothpick comes out clean. For mini muffins, begin checking around 9
minutes...
For Glaze:
Add
sifted powdered sugar to a medium bowl. Add vanilla, then add 2 Tbs of
coconut milk. Add more coconut milk to achieve desired thickness -
we've made two batches, one with a thin glaze and one with a thicker
glaze. Both are popular depending on your taste!!
Drizzle or spread glaze over cupcake muffins and allow to set. For mini size, Liv simply dipped the muffin into the glaze for more perfect coverage.
** Liv Life Note:
Note that with canned pumpkin you will get varying degrees of
"wetness"... sometimes we have pumpkin that actually pours, while other
time it comes out in chunks. You may have to adjust the liquid in the
mix to compensate.
