Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting are perfect for a sweet breakfast treat, or a healthy snack or dessert option. The muffins are flavored with pumpkin spice and maple; then topped with a cream cheese frosting echoing the same flavors.
What you’ll need to make pumpkin muffins with cream cheese frosting
For the pumpkin muffins, you’ll need:
- self-rising flour
- old fashioned oats
- baking soda
- pumpkin pie spice (you can sub in apple pie spice), or you can make your own pumpkin pie spice
- salt
- brown sugar
- eggs
- maple syrup
- unsweetened almond milk
- pumpkin puree
- unsweetened applesauce
- maple (or vanilla) extract
For the cream cheese frosting, you’ll need:
- reduced fat cream cheese
- cinnamon sugar
- unsweetened almond milk
- maple (or vanilla) extract
How to make the muffins
First, preheat the oven to 350F.
Next, combine the dry ingredients in one bowl, and the wet ingredients in another.
Then, add the dry and wet ingredients together.
Spray a muffin pan. If you are using muffin liners, spray those too!
Pour the batter (by the 1/4 cupful) into each opening of the muffin pan. Sprinkle each muffin with a bit of sugar.
Bake for 20-22 minutes.
You can enjoy these muffins as is, or you can make the cream cheese frosting. I will show you that next!
How to make the cream cheese frosting
All you need to do to make the frosting is simply whisk the ingredients together in a small bowl. It will take a little time and elbow grease to break down the cream cheese.
Once that’s done, add the frosting to a small plastic bag and snip the end off. This will create a homemade piping bag.
Pipe the frosting on each muffin. You can also use a knife to smooth it.
And that’s it!
Pumpkin Muffins with Cream Cheese Frosting
Equipment
- standard sized muffin pan
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup flour, self rising
- 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 tsp table salt
- granulated sugar for topping
Wet Ingredients
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tsp maple extract, or vanilla extract
Frosting
- 3 oz reduced fat cream cheese
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon sugar, I use McCormick
- 1 tsp maple extract, or vanilla extract
- 4 tsp unsweetened almond milk
Instructions
Muffins
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix well.
- Pour heaping 1/4 cup spoonfuls of the batter into a sprayed muffin tin with 12 openings.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Set aside to cool.
Frosting
- Combine the cream cheese, extract and milk with a spoon.
- Spoon the frosting into a plastic bag and squeeze towards one edge. Cut the edge with a scissor to create a piping bag.
- Pipe equal amounts of the frosting onto each muffin, and spread with a knife if desired.
Notes
- 123 calories per muffin
- 3 WW points per muffin (without frosting)
- 4 WW points per muffin (with frosting)
Nutrition
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Fantastic! Eases those sugar cravings in a healthy way!
These are now a staple in my house! I make 12 ans freeze half because they get moldy sitting out otherwise before I can finish them. I actually immensely prefer them without the frosting. I have them with a cup of coffee and nutpods after breakfast. So so so good and tons of volume for the calories!
These are so good! My daughter and I ate them for breakfast with coffee – you won’t know they are “healthier”! 🙂 And so perfect for this time of year.
Pumpkin muffins!! I had searched through many ideas for pumpkin muffins and this was my favorite! I made them without the frosting because they were perfect as is!
Made these & added 0 points worth of mini chocolate chips to the top instead of frosting because I love pumpkin & chocolate. So good!! These are nice & big too!
These are delicious. I make a double batch, throw them in the freezer and reheat for 30 seconds when I want one….taste like they just came out of the oven!
So happy there isn’t any artificial sweeteners on your recipes. Can’t wait to make these!
Love the spices. Will try again without the icing.
I made these and let me tell you, the girls at work devoured them before I even got one! Ivfe hooked a couple girls on Stephs recipes, because lets be honest i havent found a bad one yet
These are outta this world. With frosting 4 points blue and without 3 points blue. Thanks Steph!!
So easy, and absolutely fabulous! I cannot believe it’s so low in points and calories!
These muffins are so delicious!