First, I baked two small/medium sweet potatoes. I didn't boil them, even though that's WAY easier and more time efficient, because sweet potatoes lose some flavor and nutrients when you boil. In anything else I do with sweet potatoes, we eat the skins (I swear you don't notice them in mashed sweet potatoes!), but I knew I didn't want them in this and that was another reason to bake. I baked them for an hour at 400 degrees and then carefully pulled the skins off. They come off very easily, but it's definitely a game of 'hot potato' for the tips of your fingers! I used a fork to help.
Yes, I'm aware that my pan looks sort of nasty, but I wanted you to see how easy it is to peel the skin off. This one came off in just two pieces, but the first one came off in a bunch of strips.
The swirl is on the other side, but I couldn't get the picture to turn out. This looks pretty too, though! I had to resist grabbing a spoon and snacking!
I mixed together:
1.5 cups of white whole wheat flour (Trader Joe's is my favorite because it's way cheaper than other brands and tastes just as good. You can use whole wheat or white flour instead depending on your preferences. White whole wheat is as healthy as whole wheat, but with a lighter flavor.)
1 tsp of nutmeg
2 tsp of cinnamon
1 tsp of ginger
1/2 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking soda
1/4 tsp of baking powder
After you mix this together, add in:
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup honey (it's easier to do it in this order because the honey doesn't stick to the measuring cup after the oil has been in it)
1.5 tsp vanilla extract (I used my homemade kind!)
Mix it all together and then fold in the sweet potato puree. You can also add chocolate chips (because everything tastes better with chocolate). I actually only added it to half the batter so I could taste it both ways. You can also fold in whatever else you might like but make sure not to do too much or it might not bake correctly.
Before I folded in that sweet potato puree. This is a good bowl to lick- so tasty!
Put it in the oven, preheated for 350, for 25-32 minutes and make sure the knife comes out clean before you take them out. Mine took right at 30 minutes, but I started checking them at 18 minutes, which let the heat out each time I would check... so I would check at 25 minutes and then again every 2-3 minutes until they are finished.
YUM!!!!
This muffin meets all of my criteria.... there is no sugar or sugar substitute in it as it's sweetened with honey, it is whole grain since I used white whole wheat flour, it was really cheap to make especially since I pureed uber cheap farmer's market sweet potatoes and used my homemade vanilla (I still have my store bought kind but couldn't resist trying mine out), and it's able to be made in large quantities for freezing. As long as I have a protein with it, it's pretty PCOS friendly, too!
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