Pumpkin makes these spiced corn muffins lightly sweet. On their own, they're a delicious breakfast, but they're also good with a hot bowl of soup.
Currently, I’m sitting inside with three shirts on, one scarf, and one coat. I’ve been in Chicago for the last few days visiting my family, and it’s no surprise that I showed up just in time for the first snow. It always knows when I’m coming.
In my parents’ house, there are 3 options to get warm – first, don’t take your coat off, and second, turn up the heat when no one is looking… but by far the most effective method is to BAKE. Crank that oven and when you’re done leave it open to feel every last bit of the heat. Today I’ll be keeping warm by baking Christmas cookies with my mom and sister, but these pumpkin corn muffins have been a favorite lately.
This is a spin on my favorite corn muffin recipe – and a perfect use for a bit of leftover pumpkin puree that you might have now that you’re in the throes of Thanksgiving cooking. The pumpkin flavor is light here (if you’re craving pumpkin-ey pumpkin muffins, use this recipe), but it makes these corn muffins lightly sweet, slightly healthier, and very delicious. I love to eat them for breakfast or along with a hot bowl of chili.
Pumpkin Spiced Corn Muffins
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1 cup spelt flour or whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon*
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg*
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup almond milk
- ½ cup canned pumpkin puree
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine the cornmeal, spelt flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the almond milk, pumpkin puree, maple syrup, olive oil, and apple cider vinegar.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Don’t overmix.
- Evenly divide the batter into the muffin cups and bake for 16 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 to 10 minutes, then remove from the pan and place on a wire rack to continue cooling.
Wus!
Chicago Ron
Pumpkin and cornbread sounds like a lovely combo! Great recipe:)
My mother is insane about not turning up the heat at her house too, and it drives me crazy! Maybe these muffins will work for us too!
Nothing can go wrong with pumpkin 🙂
Oh my lord these look absolutely delectable! Would love to make these and serve them for Thanksgiving. They also seem like the perfect little treats to have for breakfast with a steamy cup of Earl Grey!
Rae | Love from Berlin
These are such a good idea! Totally making these this week.
Kari
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These muffins look perfect to devour on their own, or with butter, or with a big bowl of chili! They look delicious.
These muffins look fantastic- I especially love the suggestion of eating them with chili.
Delicious! Made these for thanksgiving and they were simple and a hit. Thanks for such great recipes.
these look amazing- esp since the ‘puree’ is already waiting!! Thanks!!
Made these and loved them! They went perfectly with a veggie chili. And can’t wait to have them with marmalade in the morning!
I backed the muffins as the recipe says. It took longer to back, may be because different ovens. Next time I would add 2/3 cups of corn meal and in crease the flour to 1 and 1/3 cups to reduce the grainy texture. Otherwise it had right sweetness and taste. Thank you for sharing.
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Lovely combo of ingredients! I used a rectangular baking pan and increased the time to 30-33 minutes. Great job with this recipe, it has more pumpkin flavor than other pumpkin cornbread recipes, balanced with sweet and savory, and was really fluffy too.
I’m so glad you loved it – thanks for the great feedback!
Wonderful recipe! I’ve made several batches of muffins lately and these were a personal favorite, as well as the healthiest-feeling of the lot! I loved the whole wheat flour + cornmeal combo. I subbed mashed steamed sweet potato flesh for the pumpkin.
Thank you! I think i’ll try your Vegan Coffee Cake Muffins next!
Can I use regular flour in this recipe?
yep, you can
I like this. Its so cool and amazing.
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Wow! These are really easy to make:)
I’ve made this recipe twice now–my roommates think that it’s the best thing to have ever happened! We don’t have a cupcake tin but we do have a loaf pan so we make more of a “pumpkin spiced corn cake” (and it takes a minute or so more in the oven). It’s delicious and tastes like autumn… great to bundle up on the couch, do reading for class, and nibble on this treat!
Thank you for the recipe <3
I made these tonight and the texture and flavor was great. The only thing I did different was that I substituted the oil with the same amount of homemade unsweetened applesauce. The only other alteration would be to bake them with cooking spray instead of the Muffin papers. The muffins stuck to the paper leaving much of the muffin uneatable. I may even make it in a pan and then just cut them like regular corn bread.
So glad you liked them! Yea the oil might have helped them come out of the papers better, but I’m glad they worked with applesauce too!
Do you think I could use a multipurpose GF flour in place of the spelt?
I started making these recently and always have a bag in the freezer. I am not vegan nor vegetarian, but I enjoy having healthy alternatives to my diet that this website provides! I do not like almond milk and have tried making these with Macadamia milk and full fat coconut milk and they turn out great every time! I sprinkle the top with a little raw sugar to add a little sweetness. And because I am not vegan, I enjoy a little pad of salted butter on a warm muffin. They pair well with coffee! LOVE these ☺
Hi Holly! I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying the muffins – I’ll have to try them with coconut milk, sounds delish 🙂
Very delicious!
If you want to make this recipe GF -don’t! I subbed gf flour for the spelt/whole wheat and they were not very good.