Pumpkin Muffins {gluten, dairy and egg-free}

Pin It I am a summer person. I prefer the hot weather over the cold. But there sure are some appealing things about the onset of autumn - like the warm comfortable flavors we've started enjoying again. Pumpkin muffins just scream "Fall has arrived"! So here's a fall-ish recipe for you to try, free of all those troublesome allergens and easy to put together. NOTE: I always have trouble getting these muffins out of the muffin papers - they really stick. If anyone has a trick to help with that, please share!  

Pumpkin Muffins {gluten, dairy and egg-free}

1 1/2 cup sorghum (or millet) flour
1/2 cup potato starch
1/2 tsp xanthan gum

1 TBSP ground flax seed meal

1 TBSP baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
dash of allspice
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup pumpkin puree (fresh is best, but canned is fine)
1/4 cup oil
1-1 1/4 cups non-dairy milk (I prefer almond milk)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Step 1 - In a large mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (flours, xanthan gum, flax seed meal, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice).
Step 2 - To the dry mixture, add brown sugar, pumpkin puree, oil and milk.  Using a hand mixer (or stand mixer), thoroughly combine.
Step 3 - By hand, stir in walnuts.
Step 4 - Line muffin tin with 12 muffin papers and fill fairly full.  Bake at 400F for 20-25 minutes.
Note:  When removing from the oven, let cool a few minutes in the muffin tin.  As soon as they are cool enough to touch, remove muffins to a cooling rack.  This prevents the bottoms from getting soggy.

So simple, even a nine year old can do it!

Make-ahead tips:  Muffins are always best fresh out of the oven so I don't make these ahead of time.  Instead, I mix up my dry ingredients the night before.  Then in the morning I just have a few ingredients to add.  It makes morning muffins do-able.  In fact, last week when I made these I had a sick and fussy young one to tend to.  So I relied on my nine year old to assemble the muffins.  Since I had already mixed the dry ingredients the night before, it was just a few steps for her to follow to finish the job - and she did great!

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