Spicy cheese and pumpkin muffins
6
Points®
Total time: 50 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 35 min • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
Flour, spelt, wholemeal
1 cup(s), (150g)
White self-raising flour
1 cup(s), (150g)
Baking powder
2 tsp
Brown sugar
2 tsp
Salt
½ tsp
Ground cumin
1 tsp
Ground cayenne pepper
¼ tsp
Buttermilk
1¼ cup(s), (310ml)
Egg(s)
2 medium
Olive oil
2 tbs
Pumpkin, cooked without added fat
1 cup(s), (170g), mashed, cold
Reduced fat feta cheese
200 g, crumbled
Pepitas
2 tbs
Oil spray
1 x 3 second spray(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly spray a 12-hole (⅓-cup/80ml capacity) muffin tin with oil.
2
Sift flours, baking powder, sugar, salt, cumin and cayenne pepper into a large bowl. Season with salt. Whisk buttermilk, eggs, oil and pumpkin in a large jug. Stir pumpkin mixture into flour mixture until just combined (do not overmix). Stir in 150g feta.
3
Spoon mixture into prepared holes and sprinkle with pepitas and remaining feta. Bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centres comes out clean. Set muffins aside in tin for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool. Serve warm or cold.
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