SUNFLOWER PUMPKIN MUFFINS

Servings: 12 muffins
Ingredients: • 1 cup all-purpose flour • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda • 3/4 cup canned pumpkin • 1 large egg, slightly beaten • 1/4 cup milk • 1/4 cup sunflower oil • 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats • 1/2 cup roasted sunflower kernels (if not salted, add ½ teaspoon salt)
Topping: • 1 tablespoon margarine, melted • 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar • 3 tablespoons roasted sunflower kernels • 1 tablespoon flour • 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Directions: Preheat oven – 425°F.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, salt and soda. Mix well. In a separate bowl, combine pumpkin, egg, milk and oil; add to dry ingredients and stir only until ingredients are combined. Stir in oats and kernels. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
Topping: Combine all of the ingredients, stir until crumbly and sprinkle over muffins.
Bake 18 to 20 minutes.
Nutrition: One serving provides approximately: 230 calories, 5 g protein, 31 g carbohydrates, 2 g fiber, 10 g fat (2 g saturated), 18 mg cholesterol, 41 mcg folate, 2 mg iron, 269 mg sodium.
Recipe courtesy of the Wheat Foods Council www.wheatfoods.org Source: Submitted by National Sunflower Association
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