Delicious pumpkin quinoa cashew muffin made with quinoa, pumpkin puree, and cashew nuts or cranberries.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time24 minutesmins
Total Time34 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: #pumpkin, muffins
Servings: 6
Calories: 471kcal
Author: Swathi (Ambujom Saraswathy)
Ingredients
¾cupAll purpose flour
¾cupWhite whole wheat flour
¾cupGranulated Sugar
1teaspoonBaking powder
½teaspoonbaking Soda
2Large Eggs
½cupCooked Quinoa
¼teaspoonsalt
1teaspoonground cinnamon
½teaspoonground ginger
¼teaspoonground cloves
¼teaspoonground allspice
¼teaspoonnutmeg
¼teaspooncardamom
¾cuppumpkin puree( I used homemade
½cupLight olive oil /vegetable oil
⅓cupchopped cashew nuts
2tablespoonturbinado sugar for sprinkling over the top of muffin.
Instructions
Then cook the quinoa by washing in the running water and roasting them with little oil for about 6-7 minutes and then cook them with water for about 15 minutes with lid closed. Once it is done set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 F and Line the muffin tin with paper cups and grease them with cooking spray and set aside.
In medium bowl sift both flours, salt, spices, baking soda and baking powder and set aside.
In another bowl lightly beat eggs, sugar and oil and then add pumpkin puree and combine everything well. Then add cooked quinoa and mix once again to combine well. To this gradually add dry ingredients and mix well.
Finally fold in chopped cashew nuts.
Pour the 2 tablespoon of batter into each prepared muffin tin. Sprinkle the top with turbinado sugar. Make sure batter should only reach ¾ of the paper cup. Bake for about 24 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
Once baked leave the muffin in the muffin tin for about 5 minutes and then tilt and remain in the muffin tin for another 5 minutes.
Then transfer them to cooling rack.
Enjoy as much as you want.
Notes
Omit cashew nut and try with cranberries.
Don’t try to skip baking soda and reduce egg it will result smaller muffin.