Healthier Cinnamon Crunch Sweet Potato Muffins

Healthier Cinnamon Crunch Sweet Potato Muffins

Healthier Cinnamon Crunch Sweet Potato Muffins

45 minutes

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Details
  • Serving Size:   12
  • Vegetarian:   True
  • Weight Watchers:   4 Points
Cuisine
  • morning meal
  • brunch
  • breakfast
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Ingredients
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
  • 3/4 cup pecans (optional, for extra crunch)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup skim or 1% milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
  • 2 sweet potatoes or yams, peeled and cut into chunks
Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 standard muffin cups with butter or butter-flavored nonstick spray.In a bowl, stir together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt.In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, applesauce, milk and orange zest.

Whisk vigorously for 1 minute.

Add the mashed sweet potatoes and stir until completely blended.

Add the flour mixture and stir just until evenly moistened. Don't over stir, the batter will be slightly lumpy. Fold in pecans if desired.Spoon the batter into each muffin cup, filling it 3/4 full.

Sprinkle each muffin with cinnamon-sugar topping.

Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden and passes the toothpick test. Lightly dust with more cinnamon-sugar topping.

Let cool for about 5 minutes before serving.

Serve warm.

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