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Winter Squash Muffins With Cranberries {GF, Low Cal}

February 19, 2016

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Winter Squash Muffins made with cranberries, cinnamon and butternut squash. Gluten free and low calorie, this cozy muffin recipe is a delicious snack on a winter day!

Winter Squash Muffins made with cranberries, cinnamon and butternut squash. Gluten free and low calorie, this cozy muffin is a delicious snack on a winter day!

You guys! It’s been FOREVER since I posted a muffin recipe. Why haven’t you reminded me to post more muffin recipes??? Or is it because I’ve been posting so many other drool worthy sweets you haven’t noticed? I have to admit, I’ve sort of lost count.

I lied. I did post that flourless chocolate-y super seed muffin last month so maybe you’re still munching on that. But prior to that, muffins had been making a rare appearance on the blog. I think I got burnt out making muffins after all the muffins I made during my first year of blogging. Hey, you gotta do what you do best right?

Winter Squash Muffins made with cranberries, cinnamon and butternut squash. Gluten free and low calorie, this cozy muffin is a delicious snack on a winter day!

Yeah, I was a little muffin obsessed. Take one look at my recipe index and you’ll see more muffins than in a bakery. Oh yeah, and a whole lot of really bad pictures too. Promise me you won’t look. I cringe every time I look. It really stresses me out. I want to remake every single one of my old recipes and replace them with brand new, snazzy pictures.

Now the problem with remaking all those old recipes is I don’t have any mouths to feed and that would be a lot of muffins for my belly. Not to mention my freezer can only take so much. I may have to start giving them away. On the street, at the gym. Would that be weird?

Winter Squash Muffins made with cranberries, cinnamon and butternut squash. Gluten free and low calorie, this cozy muffin is a delicious snack on a winter day!

Maybe I should do a blog giveaway. What do you think about that? Oh…EM….G all those muffins that were once my true loves are now the bane of my existence. Because a good recipe deserves so much more than a bad picture.

But these Winter Squash Muffins though. Oh, my! Hard on the outside, creamy on the inside. They melt-in-your-mouth.  Made with all my favorite things: Greek yogurt, butternut squash, cinnamon and oats. Thank goodness the pictures turned out to do these Winter Squash Muffins justice. So perfect, so tasty, these delicious gems are everything I need in life! Except maybe a boyfriend. 😉

Winter Squash Muffins made with cranberries, cinnamon and butternut squash. Gluten free and low calorie, this cozy muffin is a delicious snack on a winter day!

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Winter Squash Muffins with Cranberries

Winter Squash Muffins made with cranberries, cinnamon and butternut squash. Gluten free and low calorie, this cozy muffin is a delicious snack on a winter day!
Author Skinny Fitalicious
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Cool Time 5 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 12 muffins
Calories 154 kcal
Winter Squash Muffins made with cranberries, cinnamon and butternut squash. Gluten free and low calorie, this cozy muffin is a delicious snack on a winter day!
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups butternut squash pureed
  • 2 egg whites room temperature
  • 3 tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 cup Gluten Free rolled oats
  • 1 1/2 cups Gluten Free baking flour
  • 1/3 cup coconut sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp allspice
  • 1/4 cup dried cranberries
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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and line a muffin tin with muffin liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. In a small bowl, whip butternut squash, egg whites, maple syrup and Greek yogurt together with a hand blender.
  3. In another large bowl, mix together baking flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspices.
  4. To the flour mixture, add the wet ingredients. Once fully incorporated, add the coconut oil to the mixture (I find this prevents the coconut oil from hardening). After combined, fold in the rolled oats and cranberries to the batter.
  5. Spoon the batter into the muffin cavities 3/4 of the way full (do not fill to the top as they will rise) and bake 25 minutes until the muffins bounce when you gently touch the center.
  6. Cool muffins in the baking pan 5 minutes then remove to a cooling rack to cool fully.

Recipe Notes

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Course Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword dairy free, gluten free, low calorie, low sugar, muffin, oats, squash
Nutrition facts per serving (1muffin)
Calories 154 kcal
Fat 4 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 98 mg
Potassium 158 mg
Carbohydrates 28 g
Fiber 3 g
Sugar 8 g
Protein 3 g
Vitamin A 1860 %
Vitamin C 4 %
Calcium 52 %
Iron 1 %

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Winter Squash Muffins made low calorie with butternut squash. These gluten and dairy free muffins are a perfect snack on a cold day!

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Megan is a certified nutrition practitioner, author, freelance food photographer and fitness instructor living in Phoenix, Arizona. On her blog, Skinny Fitalicious she shares EASY, gluten free recipes for weight loss. Follow Megan on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates.

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  1. Blair says

    February 19, 2016 at 4:14 am

    So glad to see that your muffins have made a return. When are you going to open up that cafe that you’ve been dreaming of?! 🙂

    Reply
    • Megan says

      February 19, 2016 at 4:16 pm

      Thanks for the reminder, hopefully it will be sooner than later!

      Reply
  2. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

    February 19, 2016 at 4:44 am

    Um yea, old recipes photos from the first year of “no direction” blogging…my goodness….I cry! The recipes are some of my favorites, but I can’t share them till I re shoot them (and that is a slow arduous process….I’d rather be shooting and editing new things, hahaha!)
    But oo muffin burnout…that can never happen! At any time you can always find frozen muffins in my freezer! Hahaha! Breakfast emergencies shall never happen here!

    Reply
    • Megan says

      February 19, 2016 at 4:17 pm

      I’m glad I’m not the only one who has this recipe problem!

      Reply
      • lindsay says

        February 20, 2016 at 3:18 pm

        ME TOO! I have been blogging for year. GIrls, you don’t want to see my old photos! ACK! 2009 uglies. LOL!

        i’ll take some of these muffins though

        Reply
        • Megan says

          February 21, 2016 at 7:17 am

          I can’t even imagine. I’m overwhelmed with just two years worth of recipes. I’m going to have to start deleting some. I will gladly send muffins too!

          Reply
  3. Susie @ SuzLyfe says

    February 19, 2016 at 4:45 am

    COnsier this my entry into the muffin giveaway. Best giveaway ever. Want to know one thing that stresses me out like nothing else? Finances, and taxes expecially. I was excellent at Math growing up, but real world applications of math and such just don’t compute for me!

    Reply
    • Megan says

      February 19, 2016 at 4:19 pm

      I may be sending you treats at various points this year! 🙂

      Reply
  4. michele @ paleorunningmomma says

    February 19, 2016 at 4:58 am

    We never have extra muffins! About the picture thing, you are not alone! I did go through a psychotic period in the fall where I remade tons of recipes to improve the pictures, yet now I cringe at THOSE pictures! I’ve slowed down now but still plan to remake/shoot recipes, usually as they become seasonally relevant. Like my cashew butter hearts that wound up getting very popular this Valentines Day, that was a smart one to reshoot! My favorite pancakes are acorn squash raisin so these muffins are right up my alley!

    Reply
    • Megan says

      February 19, 2016 at 4:21 pm

      I’m glad it’s not just me! I decided I’m just going to gradually go through old recipes. Like you, I reshot a bunch last year and now I look at them and cringe. They’re not as bad as the originals, but not up to my standards. Funny how quickly our standards change.

      Reply
  5. Katie @ Daily Cup of Kate says

    February 19, 2016 at 7:09 am

    Yum! I have never baked with butternut squash but I have with sweet potatoes and I assume it might be similar. Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Megan says

      February 19, 2016 at 4:21 pm

      I’m sure sweet potatoes would work. You usually can find pureed butternut squash in baby food too!

      Reply
  6. Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says

    February 19, 2016 at 11:00 am

    I feel you on the freezer overflow. I could live for months on my freezer’s contents. No joke. I used to actually take a lot of what I made to the gym in Atlanta… but I don’t think the big corporate gym here would think that was ok.

    Reply
    • Megan says

      February 19, 2016 at 4:22 pm

      Ha! I’ve thought the same about my gym, but I’m pretty sure they would not appreciate it.

      Reply
  7. Erin @ Erin's Inside Job says

    February 19, 2016 at 11:28 am

    Oh man these look good. I’m not sure when the last time was that I had a muffin. That needs to change. I especially like the cranberry in there 🙂

    Reply
    • Megan says

      February 19, 2016 at 4:23 pm

      Too bad you didn’t live closer. I would give you them to you, foodie girl! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Jody - Fit at 58 says

    February 19, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    I am like you – no bake because I would eat!!! 🙂 Life is stressing me out right now – particularly money issues. 🙂

    Reply
    • Megan says

      February 19, 2016 at 6:06 pm

      Oh no! I’m sorry to hear! Exercise helps with the stress!

      Reply
  9. Sam @ PancakeWarriors says

    February 19, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    Megan these muffins are perfect for Dave, I will have to sub coconut yogurt but that shouldn’t be a problem. His gut is slowly healing (WOOHOO)!

    Reply
    • Megan says

      February 21, 2016 at 7:16 am

      Yeah for gut healing!

      Reply

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