Healthy Pumpkin Muffins Recipe (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

Healthy Pumpkin Muffins Recipe – soft, moist and delicious pumpkin muffins made with oat flour, no dairy or eggs! Each muffin has about 145 calories.

Muffins are the best snack and on-the-go breakfast. You may also like my Peanut Butter Blender Muffins or the Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins.

HEALTHY PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Pumpkin season is upon us and I am excited to share with you my favorite EASY recipe for healthy pumpkin muffins. You don’t need any special ingredients, because even the oat flour can be easily made in a blender from old fashioned oats. These muffins rise perfectly and have cracked high tops. They are soft and absolutely delicious!

These Healthy Pumpkin Muffins are gluten-free and vegan and even though we do not follow either of these diets strictly, we love these for a snack or grab-and-go breakfast! Our kids love muffins and I try to make them as healthy as I can, any chance I have. These are our favorite all year round!

How to make Healthy Pumpkin Muffins?

Start by making homemade oat flour. Place 2 cups of old-fashioned oats in a blender and blend until fine. Combine the oat flour with baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Add nut butter or oil, almond milk, vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar and pumpkin puree. Mix well until your batter looks like this:

What do these muffins taste like?

I’ve tried quite a few recipes for healthy, vegan or gluten-free muffins but a lot of them are dense, underbaked and flat or sunken, so I decided to make my own based on muffins recipes I have and love. I took my Peanut Butter Blender Muffins as a base recipe and subbed ingredients to make these muffins vegan. The blender muffins are already naturally gluten-free so half the work was done. These Pumpkin Muffins are soft and moist, thanks to the generous amount of pumpkin puree and quite filling thanks to oats and the fiber in pumpkin. You can add dark chocolate chunks or semi-sweet chocolate chips to the batter or press a few on top for a little more sweetness. Since we are using only 1/4 cup of brown sugar, the muffins are not overly sweet at all. You could play with the recipe and use dates in place of the sugar.

How to make gluten-free and vegan pumpkin muffins?

To make these muffins gluten-free, I used oat flour made with old-fashioned oats in my blender. Baking powder should be made with baking soda and cream of tartar, and be free of starch. You can find DIY recipes online. Baking soda is gluten-free and if you are adding chocolate chips to the muffins, make sure they are gluten-free as well.

To make these muffins vegan, I used almond milk in place of dairy milk, skipped the egg and added more pumpkin puree and used oil (coconut, vegetable or canola works) in place of butter. You can also use peanut butter or other nut butter (if you have experience baking with it).

MORE EASY HEALTHY RECIPES:

Fluffy Vegan Pancakes

Cashew Coffee Creamer

Flourless Blender Muffins

Flourless Blender Quick Bread

Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Healthy Pumpkin Muffins (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

21 mins

Total Time

31 mins

 

Soft, moist and delicious pumpkin muffins made with oat flour, no dairy or eggs! Each muffin has about 145 calories. 

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: muffins, pumpkin

Servings: 10 muffins

Calories: 145 kcal

Author: Anna

Ingredients

• 2 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice see note
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 1/4 cup pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling!
• 1/4 cup oil vegetable, canola, coconut
• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray muffin pan with non-stick oil spray or line with baking cups. Set aside.
2. Place old-fashioned oats in a blender and blend until fine and the texture of flour. Place oat flour in a large mixing bowl.
3. Add baking soda, baking powder, salt and pumpkin spice and whisk well.
4. Add pumpkin puree, vanilla, oil, milk and vinegar. Mix well.
5. Divide batter among muffin cups. You may end up with two cups empty.
6. Bake in 375 degrees F oven for 7 minutes. Do not open the oven but lower the temperature to 350 degrees F. Set timer for 14 minutes more. Remove muffins from oven and cool completely.

Recipe Notes

Baking powder should be made with baking soda and cream of tartar, and be free of starch. You can find DIY recipes online. Baking soda is gluten-free and if you are adding chocolate chips to the muffins, make sure they are gluten-free as well. 

For a homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice mix, check out my recipe: https://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/homemade-pumpkin-pie-spice/ .

Nutrition Facts

Healthy Pumpkin Muffins (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 145 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Fat 6g9%

Sodium 152mg7%

Potassium 149mg4%

Carbohydrates 19g6%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 6g7%

Protein 2g4%

Vitamin A 4765IU95%

Vitamin C 1.3mg2%

Calcium 38mg4%

Iron 1.2mg7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.