It is October and that means month of pumpkin and Halloween. Pumpkin is a favorite and I like to cook and bake with it. It has become a tradition to start baking with pumpkin. My kids are into Halloween and they want their Pumpkin to look like Jack-O-Lantern. I started my Pumpkin baking session with this Pumpkin pie cranberry muffins.
These is one of the best pumpkin muffins I have made. It is delicious and soft, it is cake like with moist treat you can start a day with. I used my homemade pumpkin pie spice to make it. I make a bulk quantity of pumpkin pie spice at a start of every October.
I used dried cranberries, if you want you can try with fresh ones. If using fresh ones, then increase the amount of sweetness little bit. May be ¼ cup more sugar. I didn’t add any streusel or nuts, if you want to go ahead or leave it as such like I did, they are best. I have shared few with my hubby’s colleague, she loved it and even her son liked it. My daughter asked me to make it for her birthday even though it is in May. I need to remember to save a can of pumpkin puree for that.
I used canned pumpkin puree, but please remember not to buy pumpkin pie filling for this. I used Greek yogurt which is my secret weapon to make cakes, cupcakes and muffins to make it moist. And the best part of yogurt is that it is not calorie rich as sour cream. Also, this recipe uses only 2 tablespoon of canola oil and has no butter. I lined the muffin tin with liner, if you want you can just grease them. I like cupcake liner because this is best way we can give it to kids as they have some thing to peel on and liner will prevent from sticking to their hands.
This is time of pumpkin latte and pumpkin spice, so make this muffin as it is easy and delicious. It will be the favorite of both kids and adult and they will be thanking you for making this.
Pumpkin Pie Spice Cranberry Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup / 156g all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup dried cranberries
- ¼ cup /49g brown sugar
- ¾ cup /172g granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon /6g baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon /1g salt
- 1 cup/ 246g Canned pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup/86g Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoon/10g canola oil or any oil of your choice
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 375F and line the muffin tin and set aside.
- In a bowl mix flour, salt, baking soda and pumpkin pie spice and set aside.
- In a large bowl add both sugars, pumpkin puree, oil, Greek yogurt, egg and beat well to combine. Then add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed just until combined. Fold in cranberries.
- Place 12 paper muffin cup liners in muffin tins. Spoon batter into prepared cups. Bake at 375° for 18 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove muffins from pan immediately; place on a wire rack.
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This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
To tell you the truth, I never thought muffins could be made with PUMPKINS. but it looks yummy. A must try.
I need this now but I am on a diet, poor me. This looks really good and delicious.
Wow! pumpkin muffin.. must taste very yummy! Can’t wait to try it out… cranberry added great flavours to the muffin as well..
I like how you have also share your secret weapon with us, the Greek yogurt which will make the cupcakes more moist. The end result look very pretty.
I can’t wait to share these with both my stepdaughter and my mother in law as they love Pumpkin. As for me I like Spices so I also may have to make some for my family.
I am one of those people who likes and enjoys all things pumpkins. Adding cranberries would just up the flavor of these muffins for me to enjoy.
I love anything in pumpkin. I do not even share. It looks delicious. And the recipe looks interesting. I would love to try it out.
I bet these made your house smell HEAVENLY!!!!
This is a perfect little grab and go breakfast! I love bringing stuff like this with me when we are on the run. It gives us something to snack on and not bough all sorts of candy!
OoOo Two of my favorite fall flavors, Pumpkin and Cranberry! I know what I will be making this weekend for brunch!
Those muffins look so moist and I love the addition of cranberries for a real flavor boost. I need to step up my pumpkin game with these muffins for my kids.
Two of my favorites combined! Looking forward to trying this recipe. This recipe looks like it freezes great as well.
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Now this is my favorite breakfast! These muffins are wonderful. I want to eat it every day! I’m sure this is very tasty. This is a great recipe for me.
My go to breakfast in the fall is a pumpkin muffin. These look extra wonderful due to the cranberries. I really love cranberries!
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Kyle daughter loved all things pumpkin, so I need to make these for her! They look delicious
This sounds amazing! These muffins combine two of my favorite things-cranberries and pumpkin! Well, three, if you include muffins. I love a good muffin.![My Profile]()
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I can’t wait to see ore of your pumpkin baking session! 🙂 You seem very good at it and I am sure your kids are super happy about it. Looks great!
I am always using cranberry with butternut, but haven’t with pumpkin – what a great idea! I can imagine how delicious these are!
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My friends who love pumpkin will love this recipe. It sounds tasty!
Fall is the season for all things pumpkin at our home. I’ve made regular pumpkin muffins but never with pumpkin pie spice and cranberries. I’m intrigued.
I love muffins a lot, but I haven’t tried them with pumpkin and cranberries! This recipe sounds really easy, so I hope to try it out at the weekend! 🙂
Your muffins look like they came out great! I like the use of cranberries with pumpkin, it definitely adds that needed texture.![My Profile]()
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I never have enough pumpkin recipes. This is a great one new to me and they look so moist its the perfect fall treat!
What a great combination of flavors! I like making muffins in large batches and freezing the extras so that I can have the ready for things like breakfasts and school lunches.![My Profile]()
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These look scrumptious, I love the colour that the pumpkin and cranberries gives to the muffin, and the use of the Greek yogurt is such a fantastic idea!!
These pumpkin muffins would not last an hour in my home. A wonderful smell from my stove will make everyone in my home run to get one.
Such a delicious and fragrant spice! Perfect for fall and muffins. I’d like to have one or two of these for breakfast!
I love anything pumpkin. And Greek Yogurt is a great addition.
Yay for pumpkin time of year! We’re planning a trip to the pumpkin patch tomorrow, so I’m hoping the weather cooperates!
Thanks for the reminder about not buying pumpkin pie filling– I accidentally did that recently and was so bummed!
What a wonderful day starter! We all love muffins for breakfast! It would be great to meke these pumpkin pie muffins for tomorrow morning!
I have only made soup and thoran with pumpkin so far. Going to give it a try and make muffins this time.
These look absolutely yummy, I am yet to make any pumpkin inspired muffins this season. Thanks for the recipe, I want to give it a try.
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What a wonderful ingredient to use — Greek Yogurt. I am tired of banana muffins that these pumpkin muffins sound perfect. I like the use of cranberries – another fall ingredient — in the muffins. I wish I had one now with my coffee.
What an awesome recipe for Fall. Pumpkin pie spice and apple pie spice are my favorite Fall spices.
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I love pumpkin muffins but never had them with cranberry in them. Will definitely try this out.
Cranberries and pumpkin are a perfect combo! I love this idea and your muffins look so perfect, Swathi! I wish I had one of these right now. I can’t wait to bake up a batch over the weekend. So excited to give these a try <3
These muffins look delicious! I have never had pumpkin muffins before but Cranberry and Pumpkin sounds like a great tasting flavor combination!
You have me at Pumpkin Spice. If given a choice I’d be adding it to everything this time of the year. Love the addition of cranberries.
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I read your post, watched your video, subscribed to your YT channel, and pin it! That only means I love this recipe!
This is a delicious and healthylicious muffins! Not only for Halloween of fall season but for everyday 😀 Love them!
Omg I can’t wait to try this recipe. Looks so so good. Thank you for sharing;
perfect for this time of year.
These look so delicious! I’ve never tried these before but we love everything with pumkin spice, so I’m sure ill love these too. I can not wait to try them, thank you for sharing the recipe.
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thanks for sharing !!
This is definitely something new to make out of pumpkins! I love them in soups and all but never thought of muffins. 😀
I love adding the fall ingredients into daily recipes. This would be great with a hot chocolate.
I love pumpkin everything. It’s such a warm and delicious smell and taste. My girls will love this muffins for breakfast or as an after school treat.
These pumpkin muffins sounds and looks really good and appetizing! The instructions are easy to follow and it looks really promising.