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Sweet Potato Muffins

Servings 15 muffins

Ingredients

  • 1-1.5 cups mashed sweet potato about 1 medium-large sweet potato (roasting instructions below, or use canned puree)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon table salt
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips plus more for topping if desired

Instructions

  1. If mashing your own sweet potato: Preheat over to 375 degrees F. Place potato on a lined baking sheet (foil or parchment is fine), and use a fork to poke holes all around the potato. Roast for 45 minutes to an hour, or until tender when pierced with a fork. Let cool for 15-20 mins before removing the skin and mashing.
  2. Then, preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a muffin tin with ~15 standard muffin cups. Spray each with nonstick cooking spray.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk all dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, salt) to combine.
  4. In a separate, larger bowl, whisk eggs with olive oil, brown sugar and milk. Add mashed sweet potato and mix until smooth-ish.
  5. Then, add your dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold with a wooden spoon or spatula until almost combined; add chocolate chips and do a few more turns of the spoon. Be careful not to over mix, or the muffins will be tougher.
  6. Using an ice-cream scoop or ¼ cup measuring cup, drop batter into prepared muffin cups, filling about ¾ of the way. Add additional chocolate chips to the top of each (I do 4-5 chips per muffin). Bake until set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Allow muffins to cool for a few minutes in the pan before moving to a rack to cool more.

Recipe Notes

Muffins are great on their own, or topped warmed a few seconds in the microwave with your favorite nut butter! They’ll keep in an airtight container at room temperature for ~3 days (and often are even better on day 2).