Mini Sweet Potato Muffins Recipe

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“I'm always looking for ways to 'healthify' recipes that my husband critiques. He loves the light texture and spicy streusel of these muffins.” —Meredith Hedeen, New Kensington, Pennsylvania

This recipe is:

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Mini Sweet Potato Muffins Recipe
  • Prep: 35 min. Bake: 10 min./batch
  • Yield: 54 Servings
35 10 45

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 3 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
  • STREUSEL:
  • 2 tablespoons biscuit/baking mix
  • 2 tablespoons quick-cooking oats
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons cold butter
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped crystallized ginger

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, potatoes, water, oil and applesauce. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
  • Coat miniature muffin cups with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill two-thirds full. For streusel, combine the baking mix, oats and sugars; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in ginger. Sprinkle over batter.
  • Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 muffin equals 51 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 45 mg sodium, 9 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Mini Sweet Potato Muffins in Taste of Home October/November 2010, p67

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Reviewed on Oct. 25, 2011 by gmyetzer

Made this for my kids and hubby and they all liked them...ssshhh - I didn't tell them they had sweet potato in them :-)


Reviewed on Sep. 29, 2010 by sj55

Everyone loved this muffin-in fact I'll be sharing it w/ my exercise group-it's an easy recipe and oh so good!

 
 
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