Liberal leave muffins
Here's a recipe special for all of you on liberal leave today with your school-is-closed-again! kids.
It assumes you have either some leftover sweet potatoes or canned pumpkin on hand.
Here's a shocker for regular readers: my kids actually really like these muffins, even though they're full of other healthful things like oats and walnuts.
I adapted this recipe from cdkitchen.com. It originally had a streusel topping, but that, to me, defeats the purpose of the sweet-potato muffin. And I think these are quite good without it.
They're also surprisingly moist...
And they freeze well. Perfect to have on hand for busy mornings.
Sweet Potato Muffins
Makes 16-18 muffins
1 1/4 cup uncooked oats
1 cup flour
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed sweet potato or canned pumpkin
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Combine dry ingredients (oats through salt) in one bowl and moist ingredients (sweet potato through vanilla) in another. Stir together until just moistened; do not overmix.
Fill greased or paper-lined muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake 15-20 minutes.
--Adapted from CDkitchen.com
(Sorry, no time for nutritional analysis today. We’ve gotta bake. Now.)
(Photo by me)
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Comments
I always seem to have leftover sweet potatoes. The only idea I've come up with so far for using the leftovers is in soup. I'm printing this out to try soon. Can I put streusel topping on my share?
Be my guest! Hope you like it.
Posted by: Ste | January 28, 2009 12:32 PM
this looks fantastic! love your picture. these muffins sound so yummy, and healthy too.
really like your blog. i used to work in DC...your blog takes me back to those days!
Posted by: HappyTummy | February 9, 2009 10:56 PM
the muffins look delicious and i can't wait to try them! More so to know that they are moist and can be freezed and used as when required. Thanks for the valuable info.
Posted by: Sherry | February 24, 2009 5:53 AM
We eat A LOT of sweet potatoes here in the South, I always have leftovers! Great idea!!
Posted by: Jennifer | February 27, 2009 4:31 PM