pumpkin spice coffee muffins

Ingredients For pumpkin spice coffee muffins

• cooking spray
• 2/3 c

  warm water
• 1/4 c

  instant coffee granules, decaf
• 3 1/2 c

  all-purpose flour or unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 Tbsp

  all-purpose flour or unbleached all-purpose flour, for dusting chocolate chips, if using
• 1 c

  granulated sugar or splenda (optional)
• 1 c

  light brown sugar, packed or splenda brown sugar (optional) as package suggests*
• 1 can

  (15 oz) pumpkin puree
• 1/2 c

  vegetable oil
• 1/2 c

  unsweetened applesauce (as fat replacement)
• 4 lg

  eggs
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract (optional)
• 2 tsp

  baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1 tsp

  ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp

  ground cloves or to taste
• 1 tsp

  ground nutmeg or to taste
• 1/2 tsp

  baking powder
• 1 c

  semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
• * most people i asked about it, said do not pack the splenda.