1-Bowl Pumpkin Muffins (Vegan + GF)
1-bowl vegan pumpkin muffins with pecan crumble! Tender, flavorful, and naturally sweetened. The perfect fall snack or dessert!
Servings 9 (muffins)
Ingredients
MUFFINS
- 1 ½ Tbsp flaxseed meal (to make flax eggs)
- 4 Tbsp water (to make flax eggs)
- 2 Tbsp mashed ripe banana
- 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 2/3 cup muscovado sugar* (packed // or sub organic brown sugar or coconut sugar)
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 ¼ tsp pumpkin pie spice*
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup almond meal (ground from raw almonds)
- 3/4 cup rolled oats (certified gluten-free as needed)
- 1 cup gluten-free flour blend*
CRUMBLE TOP optional
- 3 Tbsp muscovado sugar (or sub organic brown sugar, organic cane sugar, or coconut sugar)
- 3 ½ Tbsp gluten-free flour blend
- 2 Tbsp roughly chopped pecans, pepitas, or walnuts
- 1 ¼ Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 pinch each cinnamon + pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (174 C) and lightly grease a standard size muffin tin (will make 9-10 muffins as original recipe is written // adjust if altering batch size). Dust with gluten-free flour and shake out excess.
- Prepare flax eggs by mixing flaxseed meal and water in a large mixing bowl. Let set for 5 minutes.
- Add banana and mash, leaving just a bit of texture.
- Add pumpkin purée, muscovado sugar, maple syrup, olive oil, and vanilla extract and whisk for one minute.
- Stir in baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice, and mix. Add water and whisk once more.
- Add almond meal, oats, and gluten-free flour blend and stir until just combined. The batter should be thick and scoopable.
- Divide batter evenly among 9-10 muffin tins (amount as original recipe is written // adjust if altering batch size), filling all the way full (I like big muffins!).
- Quickly rinse your mixing bowl and then add crumble ingredients. Mash ingredients together with a fork or your hands until crumbly like wet sand. Generously top muffins with streusel.
- Bake for 27-32 minutes or until tops are golden brown and a toothpick or knife comes out completely clean. It’s better to slightly over-bake these than under-bake because the gluten-free flour blend takes longer to cook all the way through.
- Let cool for 5 minutes in the muffin tin, then gently remove and cool completely on a cooling rack. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.
- Once completely cooled, store in a covered container at room temp for 3-4 days, though best when fresh. Freeze for longer term storage.
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Notes
*If you're unfamiliar with muscovado sugar, read more about it here! You can also just sub organic brown sugar or coconut sugar (brown sugar being the best alternative).
*If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice, use this DIY blend: 2 tsp ground cinnamon, 2 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground nutmeg, 1/2 tsp ground cloves.
*You can substitute an equal amount of our NEW 1:1 gluten-free flour blend for the gluten-free flour blend in this recipe.
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated with crumb topping.
*Recipe adapted from my 1-Bowl Vegan Pumpkin Bread and my Vegan Banana Crumb Muffins.
*If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice, use this DIY blend: 2 tsp ground cinnamon, 2 tsp ground ginger, 1 tsp ground nutmeg, 1/2 tsp ground cloves.
*You can substitute an equal amount of our NEW 1:1 gluten-free flour blend for the gluten-free flour blend in this recipe.
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated with crumb topping.
*Recipe adapted from my 1-Bowl Vegan Pumpkin Bread and my Vegan Banana Crumb Muffins.
Nutrition (1 of 9 servings)
Serving: 1 muffin Calories: 329 Carbohydrates: 52.6 g Protein: 4.6 g Fat: 12.7 g Saturated Fat: 3.1 g Trans Fat: 0 g Cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 341 mg Fiber: 4.9 g Sugar: 27 g