These muffins are fairly healthy... or at least not unhealthy...and they're delicious. They're a little earthy and substantial thanks to the oats and flecks of sweet potato. They'e the perfect treat for a crisp Autumn evening or morning. (Or, if you live in Mississippi, they can be the perfect treat for a hot, steamy, very summery evening, even though THE CALENDAR CLEARLY STATES THAT IT'S FALL. Okay. Moving on.)
You'll Need:
1 & 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar (see, barely any sugar! definitely not unhealthy!)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (you could just use cinnamon)
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/2 cup mashed sweet potato (What I do is stick one medium sweet potato in the microwave for about 3-4 minutes until it's soft and steamy, then peel the skin off and roughly mash the potato on a plate with a fork. It doesn't need to be perfectly smooth.)
1/4 cup melted butter
Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In another bowl, combine the melted butter and the sweet potato and whisk together, then add the rest of the wet ingredients. Stir to combine. Then add the wet to the dry and whisk together until all the flour is incorporated. It will be a bit lumpy because of the oats. That's perfectly fine. Spoon the batter into a greased muffin tin, filling the cups 3/4 of the way full. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400 for about twenty minutes. Makes 12 muffins.
Enjoy!
You'll Need:
1 & 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar (see, barely any sugar! definitely not unhealthy!)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice (you could just use cinnamon)
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/2 cup mashed sweet potato (What I do is stick one medium sweet potato in the microwave for about 3-4 minutes until it's soft and steamy, then peel the skin off and roughly mash the potato on a plate with a fork. It doesn't need to be perfectly smooth.)
1/4 cup melted butter
Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In another bowl, combine the melted butter and the sweet potato and whisk together, then add the rest of the wet ingredients. Stir to combine. Then add the wet to the dry and whisk together until all the flour is incorporated. It will be a bit lumpy because of the oats. That's perfectly fine. Spoon the batter into a greased muffin tin, filling the cups 3/4 of the way full. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400 for about twenty minutes. Makes 12 muffins.
Enjoy!
