Baking & Cooking With Mama (Pumpkin Spice Applesauce Muffins)

Sunny is turning 30 months on the 21st.  What is it about this age that is so adorable, yet so moody and fiesty at the same time. Does anyone relate?

Sunny is still in her stormy period. It's been over a week. I won't care to publicly go into too much detail about the challenges we've endured this week, but to sum it up: this week has been rough.

 Sunny who was always so bright and cheerful with the sunniest of disposition, has suddenly turned angry at her world.  We have a doctor appt scheduled today to make sure everything is okay, health wise. My gut tells ne it's another urinary tract infection.

With Sunny waking up at around 6 am every morning, we decided to get going on some fall baking.

Pumpkin Spice, oats, applesauce,  hints of brown sugar, pecans...

Sunny loves her a muffin.  The applesauce oat muffins from this week were a huge hit, so I knew today, a muffin for breakfast would hopefully brighten her day.

I let her fill each muffin tin and she loved it.

                        Getting her involved makes
                        all the difference.

She thought they were ready to eat, so I had to explain how patience works. While the muffins baked, I decided to try getting her involved with eggs. She has always rejected eggs, so my hope was her stirring them would encourage her to eat them. Did it work??

Yes it did!!! Hooray. I called them Mickey Mouse eggs to get her even more excited.  (She LOVES Mickey).

Foods high in protein are so important,  and Sunny has never been one to eat much protein, hence the irritability she goes through.

When the muffins were done, I added a touch of butter and she was on cloud nine. She calls them "hot cakes" and kept asking for more. I think she ate three.

                          Stuffing her face

Pumpkin Spice Applesauce Pecan Muffins

Preheat oven 375

*note* don't over mix muffin batter. Just a few light whisk is all you need for moisture muffins.

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1/2 c. Pumpkin puree

1/2 c. Applesauce

1/4 c. Canola oil or butter

1 tsp. Vanilla

1/4 c. Agave or maple syrup

1/4 c brown sugar

1/4 c. Milk or almond milk

Whisk and mix well

Add:

1 C. Whole wheat flour

1 c. Oats

1 tsp. Baking powder

1/2 tsp. Baking soda

2 tsp. Pumpkin pie spice

1/4 tsp. Cinnamon

1/2 tsp. Salt

1/4 c. Chopped pecans

1/4 c. Raisins,  optional

Mix with wet ingredients.  Fill muffin liners 3/4 full and bake 15-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Store in airtight container.