I love pumpkin, I love berries and who doesn’t love muffins?? And, oh boy let me tell you, these babies are resilient! I got caught up writing an article and didn’t hear the oven beep. These little muffins stayed in the oven probably an extra 15 minutes and were still moist and delicious. In spite of a bit of a hard shell! Next time they’ll be prettier I’m sure, but they were incredibly delicious!
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Ingredients
1 cup pumpkin puree1/2 cup honey granules or sugar3 Tablespoons molasses1 egg2 teaspoons vanilla extract2 cups whole wheat pastry flour1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg1/2 teaspoon ground ginger1 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup whey or buttermilk2 HEAPING cups fresh or frozen mixed berries (if using frozen, mix with enough flour to lightly coat the berries)1/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional; I left these out so Bug could take them to school)Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, mix pumpkin, sugar, and molasses together until creamy. Mix in egg and vanilla extract.
In a small bowl, sift together flours, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, baking soda, and salt.
Gradually add flour mixture into pumpkin mixture, alternating with the whey, until both the flour mixture and buttermilk are incorporated into the batter. Fold in the blueberries. Add the nuts.
Batter will be thin.
Pour batter into 12 muffin cups.
Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out fairly clean.
Let muffins cool in baking pan for 5 minutes before placing on a cooling rack.
Freezing instructions:
AFTER baking, divide among gallon freezer bags and freeze. To serve: Thaw. Heat in microwave for 15 seconds if desired.
Notes
Adapted from Eat Laugh Love
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The Results
Wow. Seriously fantastic in spite of being over-baked.
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Kristi is a former newspaper reporter and editor who is now a vegetarian mom, married to a meat-eating dad and parenting two undecided kids. Join the family on our journey creating whole foods recipes to suit our blended-eater lifestyle. 
These look so yummy. The perfect start to Fall!
Thanks Mary! They are so tasty!
Oh my, these look SO YUMMY!!
Your Pumpkin Gingerbread Berry Muffins sound wonderful – I like how you have combined autumn flavours with summer berries! You've used some of my favourite spices too.