Healthy pumpkin pancake mix muffins!

I always seem to have left over pancake mix that gets lost in my cupboards and is suddenly found... I tried this recipe to get rid of my store-bought pumpkin pancake mix! This would work with any flavor pancake mix though (or you could make your own 'flavors' by blending in some dried fruit when you're making the batter. I made this in my Vitamix, although all mixing can easily also be done by hand.

Coconut Pumpkin Pancake Mix Muffins
Loosely based off ehow.com's recipe.


Makes 12 muffins (can be easily doubled!)
(each) 160 cals, 3g protein, 3g fat, 29g carbs

2 cups pancake mix
1/4 cup egg white (or 1 whole egg... I didn't have any)
1/3 cup coconut oil* and plain kefir (I only put in about 1/6 cup of each by eyeballing it in the measuring cup)
1 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
4 tbsp. blackberry preserves

1. Preheat oven at 425.

2. Mix all ingredients together, either using a blender or in a large bowl. (Blender is easier!) Be careful not to over-beat because you will end up with an overly chewy pancake!

3. Pour into muffin cups.

4. Put at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Muffins are done when slightly golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean!

Here are my beautiful muffins! Mmmmmm. These muffins are actually only 'coconut' muffins because of the coconut oil! Next time (I still have a tiny bit of mix left!) I will add some shredded coconut to make them even better!

*Any vegetable oil can be substituted! I only had olive oil which is too strongly flavored (ew olive pancakes?) so I used coconut!

Have a good weekend!!