Posted By Vicky on September 30, 2009

This recipe was inspired by my friend Joni who is experimenting with donut recipes. She bought a cute little donut pan and everything. I don’t have one yet, so I just made sweet muffins out of them. Don’t go into these expecting a Krispy Kreme, but they’re really nice and sweet enough for me.

Of course, it requires an ingredient or two you can’t find at the grocery store… but you can order the Lean Dessert at www.netrition.com, or you can probably find protein powder in a flavor good enough to suffice at Walmart. Ground flax can often be found at those places, or else check your nearest Whole Foods / health food market.

Ingredients
1/2 c almond meal
1/4 c Lean Dessert Protein Powder, Fresh Cinnamon Roll
1/4 c ground flax
1/4 c Splenda brown
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp Morton Lite Salt Blend
1/4 c pumpkin puree
1 egg, large
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp skim milk
2 tbsp butter, softened

Directions

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix together ingredients one at a time.
• Using small cookie dough scoop, divide batter across 12-muffin tin sprayed with non-stick spray.
• Bake 12 – 14 minutes.

Nutritional Info
Makes 12 muffins. Serving = 1 muffin. Calories 99.6, Total Fat 5.7g, Saturated Fat 1.7g, Cholesterol 27.2mg, Sodium 73.9mg, Potassium 49.2, Carbs 7.1g, Fiber 1.5g, Sugars 4.9g, Protein 3.8g

Sweet Pumpkin Protein Muffins

Sweet Pumpkin Protein Muffins w/ Optional Frosting

Frosting is optional, and unfortuantely I can’t find the list of ingredients I used.  I believe it was about 3 tbsp. Philadelphia Neufchatel cheese stirred with a shot of Monin O’Free sugar free caramel syrup until soft and consistent.  I spooned it onto the muffins while they were still warm.  These were at their best after having been stored in the fridge for a day or so.  Even if you don’t dig them warm, you may well like them cold.  They store best in the fridge, either way.

Find this recipe in my SparkRecipes recipe box.

Categories: General, Protein Recipes, Recipes
Tags: Dessert, Flax, Low Sugar, Protein, Pumpkin, Snacks, Under 10 Carbs