Vegan pumpkin muffins

Ingredients for Vegan pumpkin muffins/cake

1/2 pack (250 g) Gusto Pancake & Baking Mix or 1 & 2/3 cups scooped & levelled

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 cup packed brown sugar (220 g)

1/2 cup oil

1/4 cup apple juice or water

2 tsp pumpkin spice

1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Line muffin pans with paper liners.

3. In a large bowl, beat the sugar & oil together with a whisk. Add the pumpkin purée, pumpkin spice blend & vanilla extract.

4. Add the flour & mix with a large spatula. If you’d like to add nuts, chocolate or dried fruit, fold them in.

5. Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups or a 9x 5” loaf pans. Sprinkle the tops of the muffins with a little brown or coconut sugar & seeds or nuts, optional.

6. Bake 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean. Loaves take 45-55 minutes.

7. Allow to cool, serve as is or top with vanilla cream cheese icing.