Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Sweet Potato Muffins – The Sweet Potato Pie of Muffins

Sometimes you don’t have a good reason for not loving a certain recipe, and that’s how it is for me with sweet potato pie. It just does not do it for me, and I don’t even know what “it” is. However, I thought the same flavors could work for a holiday-inspired sweet potato muffin, and I was thrilled with the results. These are perfect if you have leftover sweet potatoes during the holidays, but if not, totally worth cooking a few just for this easy recipe. I microwaved mine for about 6 or 7 minutes, until they were very soft, but roasting, or boiling will also work. By the way, we’re not using sweet potatoes for our sweet potato muffin; we’re using yams, which are actually just incorrectly named orange-fleshed sweet potatoes. So, I guess never mind. As I mention in the video, these muffins are just a little bit of frosting away from being cupcakes. I’ve never understood the allure of mini marshmallows on a sweet potato casserole, but something tells me some “fluff” would work well on these, as well. I really hope you give them a try soon. Enjoy! Ingredients for 24 Sweet Potato Muffins: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon kosher salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger pinch of freshly grated nutmeg 4 large eggs 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup melted butter 2 cups mashed sweet potato or “yams” 1 cup chopped pecans, plus more for the top demerara sugar for the tops - Bake for 25 minutes at 350 F. or until a wooden skewer comes out clean.

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