Spiced Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients

• 1-15 oz can unsweetened canned pumpkin purée or equivalent fresh pumpkin puree
• 1/4 cup coconut sugar or organic cane sugar
• 3 tbsp whole cane sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/8 tsp ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
• 2/3 cup almond milk or soy milk
• 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp aluminum-free baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 cup plus 1 tbsp cooled Spiced Pumpkin Purée
• 1/4 cup mild tasting extra virgin olive oil, or any neutral vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup, Grade A dark or dark amber
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• finely grated zest of a large organic orange
• heaping 1/3 cup each dried cherries and toasted and cooled, roughly chopped pecans