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Did you know that you can make muffins with olive oil instead of vegetable oil for a healthier alternative? We made Caramel Spiced Pumpkin Muffins using Star Olive Oil that we purchased at Walmart instead of vegetable oil and they turned out really yummy.
Caramel Spiced Pumpkin Muffins
You will need the following ingredients…
1 cup caramel bits
1/2 cup Star Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil
5 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup orange juice
1 can (15 ounces) canned pumpkin
4 large eggs
To prepare the Caramel Spiced Pumpkin Muffins…
Preheat your oven to 350° F and insert your paper cups into a 12 muffin pan.
Next combine the flour, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice in one bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the canned pumpkin, sugar, eggs, Star Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil and orange juice and beat until just blended. Combine the ingredients from both bowls and the caramel bits and stir just until moistened. Fill the cups with your batter until 3/4 full and bake for approximately 30 minutes or until done in the middle. Cool completely and serve.
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How Do You Use Olive Oil In Your Holiday Baking?
Sounds yummy! Caramel and pumpkin…a perfect combination for the season. I like he idea of using olive oil. I hadn’t thought about it, but it’s healthier which is always a plus.
Yum! I want to reach through the screen and grab a muffin!
I use olive oil all the time in my baking. It’s heart healthy and works great! These muffins look delicious!
These muffins look fabulous and I love me some good OO! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve made pumpkin muffins but they always seem so bland. This recipe is a horse of a different color! I’ll be out shopping this weekend will keep an eye out for caramel bits so I can give these muffins a try. Thanks!
What an interesting seasonal dessert!!!!
Awesome! I actually have all of those ingredients in the house! Guess what I’ll be bringing to the pot luck? Thanks!
These look amazing and I think would go great with a glass of milk!
Pumpkin and caramel? what’s not to love?!!! You are making me hungry btw, lol.
oh, caramel. i love me some caramel. YUMMMY yummy caramel. and other ingredients
I recommend you make you a special batch with nothing but caramel, yummy yummy caramel, lol. 😛
I prefer using Olive oil instead of the vegetable one if possible. Thanks for sharing a great recipe!
Those sound so good and look great too! Pumpkin and Caramel are two of my favs.
I use STAR brand Olive Oil too! I used the one for Vegetables tonight when I made potatoes – yum! It makes a perfect brown crust and they melt in your mouth at the same time. My fam would love these Muffins!
Oh I love potatoes, expecially the kinds that get the nice crunch/crust to them. I will try the Star Olive Oil for those…did you bake them in the oven or fry them in a skillet?
I did them in a skillet.
Thanks a bunch! We might have some this weekend. 🙂
Anything with caramel is a sure fire favorite for me! And, I love new muffin recipes! Thank you!
I’ve never substituted olive oil for veg oil, but it makes sense. These look AWESOME!
I have tried the Star Butter oil and I just love it! It give the flavor of butter while getting the benefits of EVOO. Great recipe, love the mix of pumpkin and caramel.
Those look amazing!
I’ve never made these. They look so good!
WOW.. what an amazing idea! I’ve seen so many varieties of pumpkin muffins.. but never like this! Need to try these!
Great pics of the ingredients. No mistaking what to purchase for this delicious recipe!
Thanks! I know some people just skim a recipe before making it {I do}. It’s way easier to just look at a pic quickly and decide if you have the ingredients than it is to read a list of ingredients.
I don’t know if I could stop at just one or three or six! They look soooooooo good!
Oh I should make these for my hubby.
I have been reading a lot about using olive oil in cooking and baking lately. In your experience, how does the taste of olive oil baked goods compare with vegetable oil baked goods?
Honestly, I couldn’t even taste it. I have been using Olive Oil for a while, though, because of all of the health benefits to using it over the alternatives. But I don’t recall tasting a difference when I switched either.
This looks amazing, however it sounds interesting. I would never think to add juice to a recipe for muffins, however I bet it makes it most and sweet. What a great concept. Thank you again for posting and sharing with us.
sounds wonderful — love the combination of ingredients you used especially caramel!
These look so delicious! I use Star Olive oil too!
I love pumpkin bread, but a muffin would be easier to grab and go. I like the idea of the added caramel too….sounds delicious.
These look amazing! I would have never, ever thought to use juice in them! Awesome, and tempting!
YUMMM.. what an interesting flavor combination; they look amazing and I can’t wait to try them.. I have a bottle of the STAR olive oil, I may give them a try today..thanks for sharing
This looks so delicious. I love easy recipes
This sounds so delicious. I love caramel with pumpkin.
Ooh these look so delicious!
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We have used olive oil for years. I’m not sure if we’ve ever baked with it.
These look so good! #client
OK, so…..if I send you my address, you’ll send me these muffins, right? RIGHT?
Hahaha! Sounds like a plan! I have tried that on a lot of people this holiday season. Unfortunately, it hasn’t worked yet. *sniff*
Ok, these definitely sound intriging! I’m adding this page to my bookmarks for future reference… heck i’m going to pin it so I have it there too! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I’ve never used olive oil in baking. This recipe looks so easy, I’m definitely going to give it a try. When I was in high school, my mom went through a muffin baking phase, she made al different kinds, but not this one, she’d love it 🙂
These muffins look delicious! Thanks for sharing!
These muffins look so yummy! I think I could eat pumpkin all year round and not just in the Fall around the Holidays. I am going to pin this recipe and keep it to give it a try at a later date.
I used to make hundreds of pumpkin muffins at a restaurant I used to work at. They were very good but I never thought to add caramel. That would have made them great!
I am surprised you aren’t tired of looking at pumpkin muffins after making that many, lol.
I don’t bake but, I use olive oil for almost all my cooking. If you want to make the world’s best pork chops, put some olive oil in a skillet, get it hot lay in the pork chops and sprinkle with garlic salt, turn ’em over and sprinkle again. Done.
That sounds really good, and my daughter especially loves garlic, so we need to try this. Thanks for sharing!
Sounds delicious! I’ll have to make these!