This candy potato muffins recipe is deliciously moist and cinnamon spiced! It’s excellent as a comfy facet dish, breakfast or snack.

There’s nothing higher than a baked candy potato, however what about turning this brilliant orange root vegetable right into a baked good? Strive these Sweet Potato Muffins! Including mashed candy potato to baked items makes them deliciously moist. These tall, fluffy muffins are completely cinnamon spiced and the perfect facet dish for a fall meal. They’re additionally nice for snacks or breakfast, slathered with a little bit of nut butter! They even made our four yr outdated notice he preferred candy potatoes.

Substances for candy potato muffins

These candy potato muffins use principally frequent baked good substances you most likely have already got available, outdoors of the candy potato. You’ll additionally want applesauce, which helps to maintain the muffins further mild and fluffy. Right here’s what’s in these candy potato muffins:

• Mashed candy potato
• All objective flour
• Cinnamon
• Baking soda, baking powder and salt
• Eggs
• Milk
• Brown sugar
• Impartial oil (like grapeseed, natural vegetable or natural canola)
• Unsweetened applesauce

All you must do? Cook dinner the candy potato, combine the dries with the wets, bake and revel in. We’ve personalized the muffin batter to make tall, fluffy muffins: as a result of nobody likes a stubby muffin! They’re nice for fall dinners (like Thanksgiving or Christmas), or fast mornings with a slather of nut butter.

3 ways to prepare dinner a candy potato

There are a number of methods to prepare dinner the potato for these candy potato muffins. Probably the most excellent method? Muffins are an effective way to make use of leftover candy potatoes. However when you don’t have one available, our prime strategy to prepare dinner them is the microwave. Right here’s what to find out about every technique:

• Microwave: This takes round eight minutes for a medium candy potato. Go to Microwave Sweet Potato for directions. The draw back? Typically they’ll come out somewhat dry. In case your potato is dry when mashing, add a number of teaspoons of water to re-hydrate it.
• Steamed: This takes somewhat longer, about 30 minutes, however comes out with the right moist potatoes. Go to Steamed Sweet Potato.
• Fast baked: The way to bake potatoes rapidly? Lower them in half! This technique saves a great deal of time within the oven. Go to Baked Sweet Potato.

Variations and mix-ins

These candy potato muffins are good as is: tall and fluffy with a sprinkle of sugar on prime! However need to differ them? Listed here are some tasty mix-ins and variations:

• Nuts: Add ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts to the batter, or sprinkle about ⅓ cup on the tops, break up between the muffins
• Chocolate chips: Why not? Add ½ cup darkish chocolate chips to the batter
• Drizzle: Drizzle with 1-Minute Powdered Sugar Icing
• Cinnamon: Use 1 tablespoon cinnamon as a substitute of two teaspoons for a extra intense taste
• Cardamom: Use 1 teaspoon cardamom and a couple of teaspoons cinnamon for spiced intruige
• Dairy free: Use non-dairy milk like oat milk (for vegan, you’ll be able to strive with a flax egg, however we have now not examined this variation)
• Bread: Make the identical batter into Sweet Potato Bread! Bake it in a loaf pan at 350 for 45 minutes, then add foil on prime and bake one other 25 minutes till a toothpick comes out clear.

Storage data for candy potato muffins

The way to retailer candy potato muffins when you’ve baked them up? Listed here are greatest practices:

• Room temperature: Retailer as much as four days in a sealed container with a paper towel on the underside and prime. This helps to maintain the tops from turning into moist and sticky.
• Refrigerated: Retailer refrigerated as much as 1 week or extra. This tends to dry out the muffins a bit, however helps them to retailer longer.
• Frozen: Place in a sealed container and freeze for as much as three months.

Extra candy potato recipes

Are you candy potato obsessed? (We’re.) Listed here are a number of extra tasty candy potato recipes to strive: