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.
Course breakfast, dessert, snack
Keyword cream cheese, pumpkin muffins
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Calories 144kcal
Author Steph
Equipment
standard sized muffin pan
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
1 3/4cupflourself rising
1/2cupold fashioned oats
1tspbaking soda
2tsppumpkin pie spice
1/4tsptable salt
granulated sugar for topping
Wet Ingredients
1/4cupbrown sugar
2eggs
1tablespoonmaple syrup
1/2cupunsweetened almond milk
1cuppumpkin puree
1/2cupunsweetened applesauce
1tspmaple extractor vanilla extract
Frosting
3ozreduced fat cream cheese
3teaspoonscinnamon sugarI use McCormick
1tspmaple extractor vanilla extract
4tspunsweetened 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.