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Sweet Potato Muffins

November 13, 2015 by Quinn Caudill 17 Comments

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These Sweet Potato Muffins are a great addition to your busy holiday season. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Black Friday or Christmas Brunch.

These Sweet Potato Muffins are a great addition to your busy holiday season. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Black Friday or Christmas Brunch.

I can’t believe Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away and Christmas less than six. Time to start making my toffee and Christmas cookies. Maybe next weekend.

But last weekend I made these Sweet Potato Muffins because I had 3 yams sitting in the pantry that was not going to make it until Thanksgiving so I decided to give these muffins a try. Sweet potato has a more subtle flavor than if using pumpkin.

Don’t get me wrong I love pumpkin muffins just as long as it doesn’t have chocolate. I am not a fan of the pumpkin/chocolate combination. I know I am in the minority.Sweet Potato Muffins DadWhats4Dinner.com©

 

But I digress. Back to my muffins. These sweet potato muffins would make a great addition to Thanksgiving or for Black Friday morning to give you the energy you need to keep on shopping. Don’t wake me I will be sleeping. If you are making a sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving just add another 3 to the pot and reserve 16 ounces to make the muffin batter later.

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For a twist, I added Craisins® to half of the batter. I liked the combination of flavors but they were perfect as is. Pecans would also be a nice addition. The process of adding the topping, after the muffin has been baked, is a different twist. Don’t let the muffins cool to much before dipping in the melted butter or it will just run off.Sweet Potato Muffins DadWhats4Dinner.com©

A perfect muffin for the busy holiday season.

Sweet Potato Muffins DadWhats4Dinner.com©
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Sweet Potato Muffins
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr
 
These Sweet Potato Muffins are a great addition to your busy holiday season. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Black Friday or Christmas Brunch.
Servings: 12 -15
Author: Quinn Caudill
Ingredients
*For the topping:*
  • 3 tbsp. sugar
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 4 tbsp. butter
*For the muffins:*
  • 2-3 sweet potatoes or yams. peeled and cut into chunks
  • 10 oz. King Arthur all-purpose flour,about 2 cups
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. grated nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp. orange zest
  • 1 tbsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 oz unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
*Optional:*
  • 2/3 cups Craisins®
  • 3/4 cup pecans chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat an oven to 400°F
  2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium-high heat.
  3. Add the sweet potatoes and cook until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
  4. Remove from heat, drain well.
  5. Transfer to a food processor and pulse until slightly fluffy.
  6. Spoon the sweet potatoes into a bowl. Cool to room temperature.
  7. Grease 12 regular size muffin cups with butter. Place cups in muffin tins.
  8. In a bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange zest, baking powder and salt.
  9. With your stand mixer, fixed with the whisk attachment, whisk the eggs and sugar on high for 30 seconds.
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  11. Slowly add butter in two or three pours, whisking to combine after each.
  12. Add sour cream and sweet potatoes, whisk until just combined.
  13. With mixer on low slowly fold in the flour mixture in 2 pours. Mix until just evenly moistened.
  14. The batter will be slightly lumpy.
Optional:
  1. Using a large rubber spatula, fold in the craisins and pecans until just evenly distributed, Do not overmix.
  2. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them three-fourths full.
  3. Bake until the muffins are golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes.
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  5. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes.
Topping:
  1. While muffins are baking. combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
  2. Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in another bowl..
  3. After the muffins have cooled for 5 minutes, working with one muffin at a time, dip the top of the muffin in melted butter then into the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
  4. Place on baking rack to cool.
  5. Serve warm.
Recipe Notes

First published by Quinn Caudill for dadwhats4dinner.com © 2015

-I added Craisins® to half of the muffin batter. The muffins tasted great with or without the addition -Canned sweet potatoes or yams may be substituted for fresh. Drain them well before mashing. -Recipe Adapted from: Williams Sonoma and American Test Kitchen Cookbook

What is your favorite Muffin?

 

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Filed Under: Bread, Breakfast, Brunch, Easy, Holiday, Kid Friendly, Muffin, recipe, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Black Friday, Brunch, Craisins, Eggs, Fall, King Arthur Flour, muffins, Sweet potato, Thanksgiving

About Quinn Caudill

"Quinn is the author, photographer and recipe designer over at DadWhats4Dinner. He enjoys cooking for family and friends and being creative in the kitchen. He makes ordinary everyday food extraordinary. He lives just north of Cincinnati with his wife of 24 years, three kids and three cats. His kids have well-developed palates and his youngest daughter is now working with him on the blog creating recipes for her own page "Cooking with Ella". Follow him on: Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Instagram."

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Comments

  1. MyHusbandHasTooManyHobbies says

    November 14, 2015 at 6:11 pm

    I never met a muffin I didn’t want to eat! Yours look delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us at Snickerdoodle Sunday! Pinning!
    ~Laurie

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    • Quinn Caudill says

      November 14, 2015 at 6:16 pm

      Thanks for hosting Laurie. Happy to share . If you get a chance check out my Throwback Thursday link party

      Reply
  2. Natalie Browne says

    November 15, 2015 at 10:50 am

    I’ve only used sweet potatoes to make muffins once before, but they turned out great. It was a great alternative to pumpkin. Your muffins look delicious.

    Reply
    • Quinn Caudill says

      November 15, 2015 at 11:03 am

      Yeah I was surprised how good they turned out. Thanks for stopping by Natalie. Have a great week.

      Reply
  3. leighdstr says

    November 17, 2015 at 11:23 am

    These just might make an appearance at our table Thanksgiving! Thank you!

    Reply
    • Quinn Caudill says

      November 17, 2015 at 1:41 pm

      Thanks they turned out very good. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.

      Reply
  4. Kim says

    November 17, 2015 at 2:24 pm

    These sound fantastic! Yum! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on G+ & Pinned! Have a great week!
    Kim

    Reply
    • Quinn Caudill says

      November 17, 2015 at 2:36 pm

      Thanks Kim. They turned out really good. Might be a little early for the Christmas theme but Oh Well. Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply
  5. Kim (TheKimSixFix) says

    November 23, 2015 at 12:29 am

    I love sweet potatoes and muffins, so putting them together sounds devine!!
    I’m featuring your recipe this week at You’re Gonna Love it! Thanks for linking up!

    Reply
    • Quinn Caudill says

      November 23, 2015 at 12:51 am

      Thanks for the feature Kim. It is a great muffin and I will be bringing more great recipes this week.

      Reply
  6. Julie is Hostess At Heart says

    December 9, 2016 at 10:52 am

    These muffins look delicious Quinn! Nice and light and domed perfectly.

    Reply
    • Quinn Caudill says

      December 9, 2016 at 11:00 am

      I do have a nice dome… sent you a google message!!

      Reply
  7. Sandhya says

    December 10, 2016 at 8:07 am

    I love the taste of sweet potatoes and these muffins look absolutely scrumptious.I like pecans and craisins but I bet they taste awesome without the additions too!
    Thanks for sharing them at Fiesta Friday!

    Reply
  8. cookingwithauntjuju.com says

    December 10, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    Sweet potato muffins with lots of good ingredients. I would love to taste one (or two). I like your colorful muffin paper ! Happy Fiesta Friday Quinn!

    Reply

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