Apple Cinnamon Sweet Potato Muffins

Submitted by dicentra

"This is from Cooks Recipes. What a lovely muffin for fall! Healthy too! You can use canned sweet potatoes instead of fresh."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 20 muffins

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup oat bran
• 3⁄4 cup whole wheat flour
• 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup apple, skinless, finely chopped
• 1 cup fresh sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
• 1 large egg
• 2 large egg whites
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2⁄3 cup plain yogurt

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a bowl, combine bran, flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and apples.
3. In another bowl combine sweet potatoes, egg, egg whites, oil, and yogurt. Add sweet potato mixture to flour mixture and stir all ingredients until just mixed.
4. Spray muffin tins with vegetable cooking spray and spoon 1/4 cup of batter per muffin.
5. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until done.

Reviews

[StacyMD187373]

Great recipe! Very, very moist. I forgot to refrigerate, so several of them ended up in the trash moldy. The only thing I subbed was 2 eggs, no egg whites and vanilla yogurt for the plain. Very tasty, made some to put in the freezer for a friend who just adopted a toddler.

 

[kandeanderson]

These muffins were so moist and perfectly sweetened. I used about 1.5 cups mashed sweet potato and two whole eggs, and I grated the apple rather than chop it. Would also make a yummy cake topped with cream cheese frosting. I will be making these again!

 

[concretebrandi]

This is my go to muffin for my son! I make them as mini muffins and throw them in the freezer. By the time he is ready for a snack when we are out and about or ready to eat lunch at school they are thawed. I grate the apple instead of chop; I also add 1tsp of vanilla and about 1/2 a teaspoon of apple pie spice or another complimentary spice, whatever I have on hand. Plus I add a few chopped walnuts. I normally use the non-fat Greek yogurt I have on hand, but I have also used a honey Greek yogurt and it was delicious. I have also substituted the sweet potato with pumpkin and banana with great results.