Pumpkin Coffee Cake Muffins

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 4 egg whites
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 cup milk
• 7 1/2 ounces canned pumpkin (approximately 1/2 can)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup finely chopped nuts
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees. grease 2 - 12 compartment muffin tins.
• 2 cream together butter and sugar.
• 3 mix together baking powder and flour.
• 4 beat egg yolks with milk.
• 5 add 1/3 dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture, then moisten with a little milk mixture.
• 6 repeat until all ingredients are used up.
• 7 add pumpkin.
• 8 beat egg whites until fluffy and starting to be shiny.
• 9 fold egg whites into batter.
• 10 spoon batter into muffin tins about 1/2 full.
• 11 bake 15 - 25 minutes until muffins are nicely browned and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.