Delicous Pumpkin Sourdough Muffins made with pumpkin puree, sourdough starter and pumpkin spice moist muffins with lot of pumpkin flavor.
Pumpkins are star in the month of October. And I love to bake with them. This pumpkin sourdough muffins are my newfound love. Yes, soft, and moist pumpkin along with sourdough makes ultra-moist flavor full muffins. For this you can use sourdough discard OR active 100% hydration starter.
Pumpkin puree in Baking
Do you know you can substitute pumpkin puree for oil or butter in baking? For oil, the ratio is one to one — one cup oil is simply replaced with one cup pumpkin puree. To substitute pumpkin puree for butter, multiply the amount of butter by ¾.
However, even though pumpkin puree has sweetness you cannot replace them for sugar in the recipe.
Also always use canned pumpkin puree instead of pumpkin pie filling in the baked goods unless you are making a filling for pie.
Pumpkin is known to have low calories and fat, and is also a good source of Vitamin A, B6, C, and E as well as a treasure of minerals. Therefore, pumpkin puree is a healthy substitute for eggs in a variety of baked goods. However, it cannot be used as a binder like in challah or chewy cookies, but pumpkin puree can be used when eggs are incorporated for moisture in cookies, muffins, and quick breads. Pumpkin puree can be effortlessly added to mixes for cakes, cookies, breads, and brownies.
How to make Pumpkin Sourdough Muffins?
For making Pumpkin Sourdough muffins you need following ingredients.
Pumpkin puree: I used canned pumpkin puree, but you can use homemade pumpkin puree too if you want but make sure there is no pumpkin pie filling.
Flour: I used all-purpose flour, you can use either combo of all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour.
Baking soda is used as leaven which gives lift to muffin while baking.
Sugar: I used both granulated sugar and brown sugar
Pumpkin spice: To bring out the flavor of pumpkin I used pumpkin spice instead of other spices and extract, if you do not like pumpkin spice, add cinnamon and vanilla extract.
Sour cream: The creamy texture of sour cream makes baked goods moister than if you used milk. You can skip this if you want but I like the touch that sour cream gives to this muffin.
Eggs: They create structure and stability within a batter and add extra moisture to the baked goods.
Salt: Salt brings out the sweetness in dessert recipes.
Butter: I used melted butter in this recipe you can use canola oil instead if you want. Melted butter creates gluten development when you mix in the flour and thus more "chewy" or softer texture
Sourdough starter: Adds extra moistness to the recipe. For this recipe you can use discard or well-fed starter. I used 50:50 whole wheat flour: all-purpose flour 100% starter.
Other pumpkin recipes in this blog take a look
Pumpkin Quinoa Cashew Nut Muffins
Pumpkin Pie Spice Cranberry Muffins
Variation to Pumpkin Sourdough Muffins
1) If you like nuts you can add this recipe, walnuts or pecans will taste great.
2) You can also add chocolate chips if you want a pumpkin chocolate chips muffin.
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I made this pumpkin sourdough muffins as part of #MuffinMonday.
#MuffinMonday is a group of muffin loving bakers who get together once a month to bake muffins. You can see all of our lovely muffins by following our Pinterest board.
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- Pumpkin Sourdough Muffins from Zesty South Indian Kitchen
- Savory Zucchini Muffins from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Pumpkin Sourdough Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup / 130g Unbleached all-purpose flour
- ½ cup / 100g brown sugar
- ⅓ cup/ 67g granulated sugar
- ½ cup /165g pumpkin puree
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tbsp/ 28g melted butter
- ¼ cup / 61 g Sour cream
- ¼ cup/ 50 g sourdough starter
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- ¾ teaspoon pumpkin spice
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 425°F and line 6 muffin tin with paper liner.
- In medium bowl add flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice and salt and mix well and set aside.
- In a large bowl add egg, sugar, melted butter, pumpkin puree, sour cream and mix well. Then add sourdough starter and combine well.
- Then add flour mix and combine well. Make sure not mix too much as it will make muffin hard.
- Divide batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling them about ¾ full.
- Bake the muffins for 425F for 10 minutes and then reduce to 350F and bake another 15 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into a muffin comes out clean. Remove them from the oven, and after a minute or so gently tilt them in the pans, so their bottoms do not become soggy.
- When it is cooled down a bit transfer to wire rack and cool it completely.
- Enjoy.
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) 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.
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Michele says
My family loved this!
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Elizabeth says
Always looking for ways to use my sourdough starter! This did not disappointment. Would recommend!
Krystle says
These are so moist and fluffy with great pumpkin flavor. Would make again!
Nicole Kendrick says
Fantastic muffins! The sourdough flavor is so perfect with the pumpkin. My new favorite!
Liz says
Delicious muffins!!! They're perfect for fall and my family loved them.
Bri says
I made these with a few alterations - only 1/2 cup granulated sugar, yogurt in place of the sour cream, and added a crumble topping with butter/sugar/oats. I was able to fill 10 regular muffin cups nicely. They were delicious! If I make them again I’d use sour cream instead of yogurt.
Wondering how the recipe would do if it’s doubled…
Swathi says
Yes you can double the recipe and use sour cream instead of yogurt
Glenda says
This recipe makes me so excited for Thanskgiving!
Laura says
All of your sourdough recipes are awesome. This one is NO different!!
silvia says
Delicious and a perfect recipe for that sourdough starter we always have at home.
jill says
I'll always say yes to a pumpkin muffin! Yum!
Emily Flint says
I always enjoy your sourdough recipes and love that this one has pumpkin!!
FOODHEAL says
I love the moist, it's a promise of softness and deliciousness. This recipe looks so yummy
Amanda Marie Boyle says
I just got some starter and can't wait to give these muffins a try. They look so good.
Kita Bryant says
These muffins sound so delicious! I would really love to try some of these!
Catalina says
I love having muffins for breakfast and I bake them often on weekends! There pumpkin muffins are on my next to try list!
Kathy says
I love sourdough. I have never tried it with muffins yet though. I can't wait to give it a try. It looks delicious.
Rena McDaniel says
I try to get behind the pumpkin craze but just can't. These do look beautiful though and I"d give them a try.
Ruth I says
This looks yummy. I love muffins they're so soft and perfect for my coffee not too heavy to eat. I haven't tried the pumpkin flavor before. Definitely will try this one!
Bird says
Looks SO delicious! Can't wait to try it! 🙂
MELANIE EDJOURIAN says
Soft and moist muffins!!! Yes please. Not tried them with pumpkin before but I'd love to.
Aish Manu says
Looking cute and beautiful pumpkin muffins, This is the best treat ever.
Rosemary says
Divine, the muffins look so delicious and tasty. Definitively, perfect for fall. Saving the recipe for later.
Lynndee says
Those muffins look good! I'm going to save your recipe for later. Yum!
Chef Dennis says
Yum! These Pumpkin Sourdough Muffins look sooooo delicious and very mouthwatering!
Nikki Wayne says
This looks so great,I bet this would be one of my favorite pumpkin recipes.
Gervin Khan says
As the season of pumpkin has come, this is such a great recipe that we must try. Love the texture it brings out and these looks delicious.
Beth says
Sourdough pumpkin muffins seem like a delicious treat! However, I saw the video for the pumpkin spice rolls in the sidebar and I'm pretty sure I need to make those first!
Brandy Ellen Writes says
These pumpkin sourdough muffins look really delicious! I love the idea of whipping these up to try them.
Tasheena says
I’ve never had sourdough muffins before. Looking forward to giving this recipe a try.
Pam Wattenbarger says
Those look so good! I never thought of a pumpkin and sourdough combination.
Bre says
This recipe sounds so good I may have to try it and I'm not even a baker lol
Rebekah Hills says
Those muffins are so pretty in color - they look deliciously tender!
Karen @Karen's Kitchen Stories says
Oh my! Those look exceptionally moist! Love the addition of sour cream too.
Amber Myers says
I love my pumpkin stuff, so I will be all about these. They look delicious!
Melissa says
Wow! These pumpkin sourdough muffins looks delicious and perfect for fall!
Stacy says
I'm always looking for ways to use my sourdough starter and your muffins look lovely. I'm also delighted that your recipe only makes six muffins!