Sweet Potato Muffins with Pecan Streusel
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Total time: 1 hr 45 min • Prep: 15 min • Cook: 20 min • Serves: 12 • Difficulty: Easy
If you love sweet potatoes, and you love muffins, why not combine the two? This recipe for sweet potato muffins with pecan streusel might be your new fall favorite. The flavor of the sweet potatoes is intensified by the cinnamon, brown sugar, and ginger, creating a spiced and sweet muffin ideal for any time of day. The recipe makes enough for 12 servings, so make them at the beginning of the week, and enjoy them for days to come. To get 1 cup of mashed sweet potato, bake 1 large sweet potato at 400°F for 1 hour or until tender. Cut lengthwise in half and open up to let cool before scooping flesh out and mashing.
Ingredients
Packed brown sugar
2 Tbsp
Quick cooking rolled oats
2 Tbsp
Chopped pecans (unsalted, raw or dry roasted, no sugar added)
2 Tbsp
Ground cinnamon
1½ tsp
Canola oil
1½ tsp
All-purpose flour
1 cup(s)
Whole wheat flour
½ cup(s)
Sugar
¼ cup(s), granulated
Packed brown sugar
¼ cup(s)
Baking powder
1½ tsp
Ground ginger
¾ tsp
Baking soda
½ tsp
Ground cinnamon
½ tsp
Table salt
¼ tsp
Plain mashed sweet potatoes
1 cup(s)
1% low fat buttermilk
⅔ cup(s)
Canola oil
2 Tbsp
Egg
1 large egg(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 375°F. Then line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
2
To make streusel: In a small bowl, stir together brown sugar, oats, pecans, and cinnamon until blended. Stir in oil.
3
To make muffins: In a large bowl, whisk all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk sweet potato, buttermilk, oil, and egg. To flour mixture, add sweet potato mixture and stir to just blend (batter will be thick).
4
Into prepared muffin cups, spoon batter and sprinkle with streusel. Bake until a toothpick inserted into centers of muffins comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove muffins from pan and let cool completely on rack.
5
Serving size: 1 muffin
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