Sweet Potato Muffins
I love sweet potatoes and wanted a sweet potato dessert on my Thanksgiving table this year. So last week, I was trying out a lot of different sweet potato recipes, including these sweet potato muffins.
Sometimes I try muffin recipes which are really more like cupcakes disguised as muffins. These are definitely real muffins and would make a good breakfast. They aren’t too sweet and the batter puffs up rather than sinking back down like cupcakes.
These sweet potato muffins use a lot of maple syrup, but I couldn’t really taste the maple syrup unfortunately. I skipped the glaze when I made these muffins, but next time I might make them with the glaze.
Sweet potato muffins (adapted from Sweet Pea’s Kitchen)
Ingredients
1 cup sweet potato puree
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 large egg
3/4 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup dried cranberries
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line muffin cups with muffin liners.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, nutmeg; set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk in egg and melted butter until smooth. Add in puree. Whisk in maple syrup, milk. Stir in flour mixture with a wooden spoon only until moistened. Add in the dried cranberries.
4. Fill prepared muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake in preheated oven 18-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of muffin comes out clean.
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Lauren at KeepItSweet — November 27, 2010 @ 8:53 am
great way to use up leftover sweet potatoes!!
Kirbie replied: — November 27th, 2010 @ 11:29 am
You’re right! I actually didn’t even think about leftovers, but I do have some leftover so I’ll probably use them to make these.
Jenn@eatcakefordinner — November 27, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
I wish I would have seen this post a few hours ago. I was looking for something to make with my leftover sweet potato puree I had from Thanksgiving, but I ended up trying out some sweet potato yeast rolls. You let them sit in the fridge overnight, then roll them out in the morning, so I haven’t tasted them yet, but I do still have 1/2 cup sweet potato puree left, I guess I could try a half batch of these muffins. I love cutting eggs in half – LOL!! Did you use pancake syrup or real maple syrup?
Kirbie replied: — November 28th, 2010 @ 9:53 am
I used real maple syrup. First time doing so, so I was sad the taste sort of got lost. Halving eggs is always interesting..
Christina @ Sweet Pea's Kitchen — November 30, 2010 @ 10:00 am
Mmmm! These look great! I am so happy that you enjoyed them! I love the addition of the cranberries. I will have to make these again with the cranberries!
Kirbie replied: — November 30th, 2010 @ 1:55 pm
I liked the addition of cranberries. It added a nice color to them and works well with the sweet potatoes. Thanks for providing such a great recipe!
Alex — July 13, 2012 @ 5:41 pm
You never said when to add in the puree!
Kirbie replied: — July 13th, 2012 @ 8:10 pm
So so sorry! The puree goes with the other wet ingredients. I just changed it now.