Monday, April 4, 2011

Guilt Free Chocolate Brownie Muffins (approx 1 point+)

I have a passion for anything home baked. Seriously. I have trouble going a day without some kind of baked goods. When I started WW, I realized I'd have to give all my recipes a major makeover or start finding new recipes. This kind of started to stress me out. I began searching online and through the WW community forums (for those of you with WW Etools, a great resource there is the Community Recipe Swap) and started testing out lots of new cakes, cookies, and muffins. Every Shabbos was a new experiment (I dont know how happy my family was- they were stuck eating all my experiments). In my research I've found a few great recipes but I thought I'd start with the absolute easiest (and lowest point+ value). This should satisfy your need for baked goods and chocolate without overusing your daily point allowance.
*This is a classic recipe that I'm sure some of you have heard before but I figured it was good to post in case someone out there didnt know it yet!

Sorry there's no picture. I made these before I had started the blog. I'll add pictures soon. If you make these muffins send me a picture!

Recipe:
1 package Devils Food Cake Mix (just the powder mix, don't add anything to it)
15 oz. can pure pumpkin (in my experience the Libby's brand is the only one with a hechsher) *Dont worry if you dont like pumpkin flavor! You will NOT taste it at all in this recipe. If you do like pumpkin flavor see my variation below the recipe.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix ingredients well (you can do this by hand). Dont add anything to the cake mix. It will be thick but don't worry. Pour mixture into 12 lined muffin cups. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cake tester is clean.

A great variation for those of you who LIKE pumpkin taste (the brownie muffins have no pumpkin taste at all). Use a yellow cake mix and add some pumpkin pie spice (I added nutmeg, cinnamon, ground cloves). Bake using same directions. 

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