Wheatena Maple Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup solid pack pumpkin (canned)
• 1 cup skim milk (i used skim plus for extra protein)
• 1/4 cup melted i can't believe it's not butter, for baking
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 1 cup wheatena
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup splenda sugar substitute, with fiber
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 cup craisins (sweetened dried cranberries)
• 1 -3 tablespoon quick oatmeal (optional)
• 1 -3 tablespoon craisins (optional)
• i can't believe it's not butter-flavored cooking spray (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, combine wet ingredients (pumpkin, milk, egg, butter and syrup) mixing well.
• 3 in a separate bowl combine dry ingredients (flour, wheatena, sugar, baking powder and salt), i like to use a fork for this.
• 4 add dry ingredients to wet and mix until moistened. stir in 3/4 cup of crasins.
• 5 spray 16 medium silicon muffin cups, set on a cookie sheet, with butter flavored baking spray. spoon mixture into cups, filling each cup about 75% full (or to line if there is one). if desired sprinkle top with oats and additional craisins, then spray tops with the i can't believe it's not butter spray (i recommend you do, it makes the muffins much prettier).
• 6 bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. this is the baking time if you're using the silicon baking cups, if you're not i would check them at 15 minutes.