Oh the sweet goodness. I made these for my kids (who otherwise refuse to eat sweet potatoes) and they ate 2-3 each! Needless to say, they were a hit. The kids even continued eating them once they knew the "secret ingredient" and then asked me to make another batch!
Ingredients:
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup Agave nectar
1/3 cup canola oil
1 t vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 cup white flour
1 cup wheat flour
1/4 cup wheat germ
2 t baking powder
1 t cinnamon
1 t freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 t allspice
1/2 t salt
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
1/2-2/3 cup craisens or raisens (I used craisens)
1/3 cup smashed walnuts or pecans
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease muffin tins.
2. Whisk together sugars, oil, vanilla and eggs.
3. Add flours, baking powder, spices and sweet potatoes and blend. Don't over mix. Allow the sweet potatoes to be chunky. Blend in the craisens and nuts.
4. Spoon the batter into tins (it will be kind of thick). Bake for about 20 minutes.
5. Eat. Yum.
*notes: if you don't have or don't like agave nectar, you may use about 1 cup of brown sugar total; honey would also be delicious. You may also omit the wheat germ, but then I would add a bit more flour to compensate. The original recipe that I stole and modified called for 4 cups of shredded sweet potato. I hadn't noticed and I steamed and smashed mine. I think it would be good either way, if you don't feel like going through the trouble of smashing.
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