Whole Wheat Pumpkin Applesauce Muffins

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 teaspoons baking soda
• 0.67 cups brown sugar , firmly packed
• 0.5 cups applesauce
• 0.5 cups canned pumpkin
• 2 large eggs , slightly beaten
• 0.33 cups white sugar
• 0.33 cups buttermilk
• 0.25 cups canola oil
• 0.25 cups golden raisins , Optional
• 0.25 cups chopped pecans , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin pan or line with paper liners.

2. 2

   Whisk flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a medium bowl until well combined. Set aside.

3. 3

   Combine brown sugar, applesauce, pumpkin, eggs, white sugar, buttermilk, and oil in a large bowl; mix until well blended. Stir in flour mixture until combined. Fold in raisins and pecans. Divide batter evenly into the prepared muffin pan.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until the tops spring back when lightly pressed or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing muffins to a wire rack to cool completely.