Protein Pumpkin Muffins

I love the fall, I love pumpkin, I love the desserts, but this year was going to be different.  I needed to find a healthy alternative to my love for desserts!  Here is the alternative for pumpkin bread!

1/2 cup oat flour *

1/2 cup vanilla protein (I use Dymatize Elite Gourmet French Vanilla Protein Powder)

1 tsp pumpkin spice

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt (I use a lower sodium salt)

1 cup pumpkin puree (I used canned pumpkin)

1/4 cup Truvia Sugar 

1/2 cup un-packed brown sugar (next time I'm going to try honey instead)

1/2 cup apple sauce

2 egg whites

5 chocolate chips for each cupcake! (just to give it the chocolate kick!)

350 degrees for 18-20 mins

* to make oat flour, get the 1/2 cup of oats, put it into your blender and blend into a fine powder, don't over blend or the blades will get hot and make the oats stick together and make a paste