Recipe: Pumpkin Muffins

from the book Peace in Every Bite

• 1.5 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 cup whole wheat bread flour
• 1/2 cup wheat bran
• 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3/4 cup raisins or dried cranberries
• 2 cups canned or home cooked pureed pumpkin (or squash or sweet potato)
• soymilk to moisten

1. Preheat oven to 400 F
2. Stir together all ingredients except pumpkin and soymilk
3. Stir in pumpkin and enough of the soymilk to make a thick moist batter
4. Fill lightly oiled muffin tins 3/4 full
5. Bake 15 - 20 minutes or until done
6. Makes 10 - 12 muffins