Cinnamon-Sugar Pumpkin Muffins Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Why are my pumpkin muffins so dense? ›

If your pumpkin muffins are overly dense, there may be a couple reasons why: Over-mixed batter. Be sure to mix the wet and dry ingredients together only until just combined. Mixing the batter too much can result in extra gluten development which can make the muffins dense or even gummy.

Pumpkin Muffin (1 miniature) contains 10g total carbs, 9.7g net carbs, 1.2g fat, 0.7g protein, and 53 calories.

There are 351 calories in 1 medium Pumpkin Muffin. * The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet.

The idea here is to start the muffins in a very hot oven for just a short amount of time. This activates the baking powder and allows the muffins to shoot up in height quickly. We then turn the heat down and continue to cook for longer. This is done to avoid over-browning and overbaking.

Pumpkin ranks high on the glycemic index at 75, but low on the glycemic load at 3. People might assume that it is bad for diabetics because of its high GI, but that is not true. Its low GL rank indicates that having a small portion of pumpkin is perfectly safe and will not drastically increase your blood sugar levels.

Sweet potatoes are naturally sweet and have nine times as much sugar per cup, as well as five times more calories than pumpkin however, they are also higher in fiber, potassium, vitamins A and C, iron and calcium. Pumpkin, although not as sweet, is clearly the “low-carb” option.

This means that as long as you eat a single one-cup portion of pumpkin or less, it shouldn't significantly affect your blood sugar levels. However, eating a large amount of pumpkin could drastically increase your blood sugar. As with any carb-rich food, portion awareness is key when managing blood sugar levels.

It's carbs where the difference lies. Potatoes have the most carbs at 20 grams per 100 gram serving. Sweet potato has 17-18 grams, and pumpkin has just shy of five, which is why it's so low-calorie. So if you're looking for carbs or calories for your baby, sweet potato and potato are your best bet.

Is canned pumpkin low in carbs? ›

Pumpkin isn't just a delicious thing to eat, they're also relatively low in carbs (4-12 grams per 100 grams). This makes pumpkin a great seasonal low-carb alternative to starchier sides like rice, potato and pasta.

Each Pumpkin Muffin has about 200 calories and is a good source of fiber and Vitamin A.

Both the seeds and the flesh of pumpkin provide fiber, which helps keep your bad cholesterol (LDL) levels low.

Muffin, pumpkin contains 30 calories per 10 g serving. This serving contains 1.3 g of fat, 0.5 g of protein and 4.3 g of carbohydrate. The latter is 2.3 g sugar and 0.1 g of dietary fiber, the rest is complex carbohydrate. Muffin, pumpkin contains 0.2 g of saturated fat and 3.8 mg of cholesterol per serving.

Costco Pumpkin Muffins (1 muffin) contains 43g total carbs, 42g net carbs, 17g fat, 4g protein, and 340 calories.

Over-mixing – If you mix the muffin batter too much it can create a VERY dense muffin with huge pockets of air inside.

The recipe, as originally written, produced wonderful muffins but they dried out quickly and tasted overly dense. In the past few years, I've worked to improve it by replacing some of the oil with melted butter, some baking powder with baking soda, and adding sour cream for moisture and lightness.

Pumpkin bread can become dense if there is not enough hydration or wet ingredients in the recipe. Another cause is overcooking the bread which can cause it to dry out. Remember, it's always easy to keep cooking if it isn't done but impossible to take cooking time back.

First of all, try cutting back on the leavening. For every cup of flour, you only need 1 teaspoon of baking powder or 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda. Too much leavening actually results in a denser texture because the cake rises and then collapses back onto itself when the gases escape.