Home
Healthy Family
Healthy Community
Healthy World
Site Menu
Recipes Meal-o-matic Favorite Foods Blog / Stories
Preschool Adventure Food Adventure Home Edition Classes & Events
Partners About Stay in Touch
My Stuff Log In Shop our Store Donate
Join us for Casino Night March 7, 2025! Don't miss THE event of the year. Tickets here »
Join us for Casino Night March 7, 2025. Tickets here »

Sweet Potato Muffins

SAVE ✓ SAVED ADD TO MEAL PLAN PRINT

“I love sweet potatoes and I am always looking for new ways to use them. I love sweet potato pie more than pumpkin pie, so I thought why not try a sweet potato muffin since pumpkin muffins are so good! These sweet potato muffins are not too sweet so they could easily be used at a meal instead of a biscuit or roll, but they also make a great breakfast or dessert option.” -Wendy Cannon, a cooking instructor at the Doctor Yum Project Kitchen

Ingredients

Food
Amt
Units
Prep
Notes
2 cups sweet potatoes, peeled, boiled, and mashed
sweet potatoes
2
cups
peeled, boiled, and mashed
2 cups white whole wheat flour
white whole wheat flour
2
cups
2 teaspoons cinnamon
cinnamon
2
teaspoons
1 tablespoons baking powder
baking powder
1
tablespoons
1 teaspoon salt
salt
1
teaspoon
1 egg
egg
1
¾ cup brown sugar
brown sugar
¾
cup
½ cup honey
honey
½
cup
½ cups vegetable oil
vegetable oil
½
cups
½ cups applesauce (unsweetened)
applesauce
½
cups
unsweetened

Method

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Peel and cube 2-3 large sweet potatoes. Put potatoes in a pot with water. Bring to a boil and cook until fork tender. Drain potatoes and mash with a potato masher. In one bowl mix flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl mix egg, sugar, oil, applesauce, and 2 cups sweet potato mash. Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix until evenly combined. Line muffin tin with 12 cups and fill cups ⅔ full. Bake for 20-25 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

Babyfood Option:

Muffins are a great finger food for babies because you can pack so many flavors and nutrients into one bite.. Cut into small pieces or consider making into mini-muffins to make them even more fun.

Prep time
40 min
Cook time
20-25 min
Yields/Serves:
12
Nutrition Information

Yum Ratings

😫😟😐😀😍 “Super Yum!” —Gabriel, age 1
😫😟😐😀😍 “Yum, a little too sweet.” —Andy, age 9
😫😟😐😀😍 “Healthy and tastes like a fall, sweet treat” —Kelly, a grown up
😫😟😐😀😍 “Would be great with a cup of coffee” —Jim, a grown up
😫😟😐😀😍 “Very tasty, better than pumpkin muffins.” —Barbara, a grown up