High Protein Pumpkin Muffins

   For those of you who love bread products but also try to eat healthy on a regular basis, here is a recipe I found (and tweaked a little) for high protein pumpkin muffins. They are made without flour or sugar.

Ingredients:

15 oz. can pure pumpkin

1 cup all natural, no sugar added applesauce

3 eggs

5-6 scoops protein poweder, vanilla flavor

1 cup rolled oats

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice

1 tablespoon each of nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon

1 cup Stevia all natural, no calorie sweetener

Mix pumpkin, eggs and applesauce. Sift dry ingredients separately and then add to wet ingredients 1/2 a cup at a time. You may need to add more rolled oats to get a good muffin batter consistancy. Don't add too many or they will come out dry!

Preheat the oven to 350. Spray muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Set on a rack to cool for 10 minutes and then remove the muffins from the tins.

**Each muffin has approx. 112 calories, 1.7 grams of fat, 160 grams of potassium, 10 carbs, 3 sugars and 14 grams of protein.