Pumpkin and Spice and Everything Nice Muffins | 5 O'Clock Coffee Club

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup wheat bran (or wheat germ)
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice (or 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon plus 1/2 tsp each ground ginger and nutmeg)
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1⁄2 cup plain yogurt
• 1⁄2 cup maple syrup or honey
• 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup finely grated carrot
• 1⁄2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)