PLEASE MAKE!!! These are awesome! I made a few adjustments to the recipe though. I use half wheat flour 1/2 cup less sugar and added chocolate chips. I also used 4 whole eggs(instead of whites) and omitted the water and allspice. Believe me these turned out really well and several eaters told me they were the "best muffins they'd ever had" wow! I bet a few walnuts would be great too.
These were spectacular! I made some changes based on previous suggestions and loved the result. Here's what I did: substituted 1 cup of the flour with 1 cup of rolled oats; substituted 1/2 cup of the white sugar with Splenda; used 1-1/2 cups plain low fat yogurt as a substitute for applesauce and vanilla yogurt; added 1 tsp vanilla; used 3 whole eggs and threw in a 1/2 cup of water because the batter was so thick. Baked the muffins in the giant muffin tins -- result was 12 perfectly baked muffins in 20 minutes. They were wonderful out of the oven but the next day were better -- the flavor settled in and the muffins became dense. Now it's day 3 and they're even better especially with apricot jam. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!!
The recipe has great flavor but I didn't follow it by the book. I actually used some of theobromine goddess' suggestions from above in the hopes of avoiding the "rubbery" texture everyone seems to be getting. Rather than using 3 egg whites and 1 whole egg I used 4 whole eggs. I also eliminated the water from the recipe entirely. Also instead of raisins I used dried cherries cut in half. The muffins came out GREAT. I love that they don't need butter or oil. They're SO MOIST and have that wonderful pumpkin spice flavor. I antisipate making them again and again... they'll be great for the holiday baking season!
I adjusted the recipe a bit but was VERY happy with the results. I used 1/2 c. maple syrup and 1/2 c. honey rather than the sugars and then did not add any water. I also substituted whole wheat flour for 1/2 of the white flour.
I made this recipe last minute for my daughter's class since the schools are stressing more healthy foods than the usual cupcakes. I did make a few changes. First I completely forgot to look at the can of pumpkin I had and it already had spices in it (Libbys) so I ended up doubling the spices accidently. I also used regular Splenda (not the mix of sugar/Splenda) in the recipe and had half the eggs be whole eggs the other half egg whites. Everyone loved the muffins they came out great very moist and I couldn't tell I had substituted Splenda for sugar. Since the recipe called for applesauce (I used non-sweetened) and nonfat yogurt I felt like it was such a healthy recipe!
Like the other reviewer stated the muffins were rubbery the day I baked them. However the next day they were great! I have several people asking for the receipe. This is just one of those receipes that is better the next day.
I wish these muffins would have tasted half as good as they looked! I scaled the recipe to 12 servings and followed using all the ingredients listed. My only change after scaling was to use 1/8 teaspoon of ground cloves instead of 1/4. The spices really overpowered this muffin to the point that no one in my family would eat them (and we all like pumpkin)!
They are fantastic!! I halved the recipe did a few alterations. I used white whole wheat flour splenda and splenda brown sugar and used 2 whole eggs instead of the egg and egg whites. Other than that I followed the recipe exactly. They are totally awesome I imagine it will be hard to keep my hands off of these. I LOVE muffins and am always looking for healthy muffins and I have found them.
Great recipe! I followed the tips of some other reviewers and used half whole wheat flour 4 whole eggs and no water. These came out great! Even my kids (both picky eaters) love them. And healthy enough to eat for breakfast.
