Cinnamon Sweet Potato Muffins combine cooked sweet potatoes with cinnamon in a moist muffin batter for a perfect early autumn treat.
Cinnamon Sweet Potato Muffins
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Cinnamon Sweet Potato Muffins are my recipe of the day with the blogging group Muffin Monday. We get together on the last Monday of each month to share our fav muffin recipes.
For August, I wanted to do a sweet potato muffin, as it exemplifies the flavors of early autumn with sweet potatoes, pecans and cinnamon.
These are fairly easy to do and are perfect as a pack-in for lunch or with coffee and tea at breakfast as well as in the afternoon as a pick-me-up.
I was happy with how moist these turned out to be. It goes well with the little bit of crunch on top from the streusel sprinkle. The little bit of extra sugar and pecans adds just the right touch.
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Cinnamon Sweet Potato Muffins
Equipment
- Baker's release spray
- muffin tin
Ingredients
Muffin Batter:
- 1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup cooked mashed sweet potato
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 4 tablespoons cooled melted butter
- 3 tablespoons grade "B" maple syrup
Crumb Topping:
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons soft butter
- 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Mix wet and dry ingredients for muffin batter separately, then combine.
- Spray a 15 cavity muffin tin with bakers release spray and divide batter among cups.
- Mix together crumb topping and sprinkle over batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until the muffins test done with a toothpick.
- Cool in pan 5 minutes before turning out to cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes
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Yum – those muffins look so good! I like to bake muffins and freeze them for a quick, easy breakfast if I am rushing in the morning… I might just have to add this to my list of recipes for that!
Jenna ♥
Ohhh that topping! These muffins scream fall – they sound wonderful!
Your muffins remind me of southern sweet potato casserole, Sue. One of my favorite dishes. Wouldn’t they be great for Thanksgiving or Christmas morning breakfast?
Especially with those huge sweet potato sale prices at Thanksgiving.
Can pumpkin puree be used instead of sweet potato?
Yes, as long as it is not watery. Sometimes if I make pumpkin puree from scratch it can be thin, so in that case, just strain it through a coffee filter which is good practice anyway if you are making pies.
I love this cinnamon sweet potato muffins,Cinnamon and sweet ptoato combo are always perfect combo.
I always love a muffin with a crumb topping. Extra yumminess!