Pumpkin Breakfast Muffins – Hearty muffins with cranberries, pecans, and oats-perfect for breakfast!
I simply love making muffins. They are always a favorite here at home, but they are also one of the first things that vanish at a coffee or brunch sort of potluck.
To Make this Recipe You Will Need:
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- cinnamon
- salt
- ginger
- nutmeg
- allspice
- steel-cut or old-fashioned oats
- sugar
- pumpkin puree
- eggs
- extra virgin olive oil
- orange juice
- sweetened cranberries
- pecans
- mixing bowls
- whisk
- standard muffin pans
- muffin papers
- scoop
How to Make Pumpkin Breakfast Muffins
To begin, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line your muffin pans with papers. Set them aside for now.
In a bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice.
Stir in the oats. Set it aside.
In your mixing bowl, combine sugar, pumpkin purée, eggs, and extra virgin olive oil.
Mix those well and stir in the orange juice.
Stir your flour mixture into the liquid mixture until combined.
Stir in the cranberries and pecans.
Scoop the batter into the muffin pan, filling the cups about ⅔ full.
This recipe makes about 14-15 muffins. You will need a full sized muffin pan as well as part of a second pan.
Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the pumpkin breakfast muffins test done in the center with a toothpick.
Remove to a cooling rack and cool to room temperature.
Enjoy your muffins warm too if you like!
Enjoy!
If you love these Pumpkin Breakfast Muffins, you may also like my classic Pumpkin Bread.
I love making a double batch of these muffins so that I can save them for breakfast on another day. They freeze well and can be taken from the freezer to thaw overnight on the evening before you plan to serve them.
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Pumpkin Breakfast Muffins
Ingredients
- 1½ c flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ginger
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon allspice
- ⅓ c old-fashioned oats
- 1 c sugar
- ⅔ c pumpkin purée
- 2 eggs
- ½ c extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ c orange juice
- ½ c dried sweetened cranberries
- ½ c rough-chopped pecans
Instructions
- To begin, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. This recipe makes about 14-15 muffins. Line your muffin pan with papers to suffice.
- In a bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice.
- Stir in the oats. Set it aside.
- In your mixing bowl, combine sugar, pumpkin purée, eggs, and extra virgin olive oil.
- Mix those well and stir in the orange juice.
- Stir your flour mixture into the liquid mixture until combined.
- Stir in the cranberries and pecans.
- Scoop the batter into the muffin pan, filling the cups about ⅔ full.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until they test done in the center with a toothpick. Remove to a cooling rack and cool to room temperature. Enjoy your muffins warm too if you like!
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
If nutritional values are provided for this recipe, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands of ingredients you use. The values do not include optional ingredients or when ingredients are added to taste or for serving. If nutritional values are very important to you, I suggest using your favorite nutritional calculating tool with the brands you use.
This recipe was shared in Meal Plan Monday
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The Pumpkin muffins you made look so delicious….can’t wait to make them….
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