Pumpkin Poppers

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Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin (fresh or canned, just not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 1/2 cup low-fat milk
  • For Coating
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 and spray your muffin pans.
  2. Combine all the dry ingredients in one bowl and whisk till combined.
  3. In another bowl, mix together the oil, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, pumpkin and milk.
  4. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and mix till it's just combined (you don't want to over mix).
  5. Fill your mini tins till almost full.
  6. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
  7. While they're baking, melt your butter and in a small bowl combine your sugar and cinnamon.
  8. Let the poppers cool for a few minutes before rolling them around in the melted butter and then plunging them into their cinnamon sugar bath.
  9. If you want less sugary sweetness you could just dip the top of the muffin into the butter & cinnamon sugar.
  10. They look and taste like a pumpkin donut hole... delish!

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

1168 kcal 58% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 11.2g 22% DV
Total Fat 57.4g 74% DV
Carbs 161.5g 59% DV
Fiber 20.8g 74% DV
Sugar 62.3g 100% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 12807.5mg 100% DV
Potassium 960.5mg 20% DV
Cholesterol 135.5mg 45% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 607.5mcg 68% DV
Vitamin C 11.8mg 13% DV
Vitamin D 0.3mcg 2% DV
Calcium 2016.8mg 100% DV
Iron 10.9mg 61% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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