Healthier Cinnamon Crunch Sweet Potato Muffins

⏱ 45 min · 🍽️ 12 Servings · 🧂 12 Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
  • 3/4 cup pecans (optional, for extra crunch)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup skim or 1% milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
  • 2 sweet potatoes or yams, peeled and cut into chunks

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 standard muffin cups with butter or butter-flavored nonstick spray.In a bowl, stir together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt.In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, applesauce, milk and orange zest.
  2. Whisk vigorously for 1 minute.
  3. Add the mashed sweet potatoes and stir until completely blended.
  4. Add the flour mixture and stir just until evenly moistened. Don't over stir, the batter will be slightly lumpy. Fold in pecans if desired.Spoon the batter into each muffin cup, filling it 3/4 full.
  5. Sprinkle each muffin with cinnamon-sugar topping.
  6. Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and passes the toothpick test. Lightly dust with more cinnamon-sugar topping.
  7. Let cool for about 5 minutes before serving.
  8. Serve warm.
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Healthier Cinnamon Crunch Sweet Potato Muffins
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Healthier Cinnamon Crunch Sweet Potato Muffins

The recipe Healthier Cinnamon Crunch Sweet Potato Muffins can be made in around 45 minutes. For 48 cents per serving, this recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 5g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 171 calories.

Cook time

45 min

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Servings

12

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Ingredients

12