Name: Healthy sweet potato muffins
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 cups of whole-wheat flour (or gluten-free mixed flour); 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp baking soda; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 1 egg, beaten; ½ cup unrefined muscovado sugar; ¼ cup applesauce (unsweetened); ¼ cup buttermilk or oaty cream; ½ cup of cooked, mashed sweet potatoes; ½ cup oil (cold pressed); ½ cup raisins

Healthy sweet potato muffins

15 Oct 2016

by Wholeness

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

25 minutes

Total Time

35 minutes

Background

If you want to change your diet but don’t want to give up snacks and treats do try this recipe! These healthy sweet potato muffins are really easy to make, have little sugar and can be dairy-free and/or gluten-free if you use the appropriate substitutions. They are truly delicious and keep well in a cake tin!

Ingredients

2 cups of whole-wheat flour (or gluten-free mixed flour)
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 egg, beaten
½ cup unrefined muscovado sugar
¼ cup applesauce (unsweetened)
¼ cup buttermilk or oaty cream
½ cup of cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
½ cup oil (cold pressed)
½ cup raisins

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a muffin tin with paper cases or put some silicon muffin moulds on a baking sheet.
Peel, dice and cook a large sweet potato until tender. Rinse, drain and mash with a fork and measure out half a cupful.
In a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients together. In another bowl mix the eggs, oil, applesauce and buttermilk then add the sweet potato mash.
Combine the two mixtures.
Spoon the batter into the muffin cases or silicon forms.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Transfer the muffins to a wire rack to cool.

https://cooktogether.com/recipe-items/healthy-sweet-potato-muffins/

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