Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins

Pumpkin Chocolate Muffins - High Altitude

Makes 24 muffins

INGREDIENTS
2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1- 1/2 cups Flour
1 cup Sugar
2 tsp Baking Soda
2 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Ground Cloves
1/2 tsp Salt
14 oz canned pure Pumpkin
1/4 cup Olive Oil
1/4 cup Canola Oil
2/3 cup Water
4 Eggs
2 tsp Vanilla extract
1 cup Raisins
3/4 cup Pecans or Walnuts
2 Tbsp. Chia Seeds
For optional chocolate drizzle-
1/2 cup Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
(OR you can just add these chocolate chips into the batter- delicious!)

DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Thoroughly mix Flour through Salt. Make a well in center.
3. Add Pumpkin through Vanilla into well. Mix well on low speed, but DO NOT OVER MIX or you’ll get chewy muffins.
4. Stir in Raisins, Walnuts, and Chia Seeds.
5. Spoon into muffin tins.
6. Bake muffins approximately 10-15 min. They are finished when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
7. Make Chocolate drizzle. Place chocolate chips in microwave safe bowl. Heat at 20 second intervals, stirring after each heating, until smooth and melted. Drizzle over muffins, and serve.

Be Healthy, Healthy, RECIPESSuzanne BrownDecember 15, 2020Healthy, pumpkin muffins, Chocolate, dark chocolate, chia seeds