Chef John's Sweet Potato Muffins
Instead of sweet potato pie (which I'm not that fond of), I made sweet potato muffins and I was thrilled with the results. Muffin or cupcake? Frosted or unfrosted? Doesn't matter--these really are fantastic.
Servings per recipe: 24
Calories per serving: 260
Preparation time: 10m
Total cooking time: 35m
Ingredients:
- non-stick cooking spray
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 cups mashed sweet potato (yams)
- 1 cup chopped pecans, plus more for topping
- 2 teaspoons demerara sugar for topping
Directions:
- 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line muffins tins with paper muffin liners. Spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- 2 Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, ground ginger, and nutmeg together in a mixing bowl.
- 3 In a separate bowl, whisk eggs, white sugar, and brown sugar together until mixture gets light and foamy, about 2 minutes. Pour in vegetable oil and melted butter; whisk together thoroughly. Add mashed sweet potatoes and chopped pecans. Add dry ingredients. Whisk together until dry ingredients disappear into the batter, about 1 minutes. Let batter set for 10 minutes before filling muffin cups.
- 4 Fill muffin cups about 3/4 of the way to the top. Sprinkle tops with pecans and a pinch of demerara sugar.
- 5 Bake until a bamboo skewer inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cool in pan about 10 minutes; transfer muffins to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Nutrion facts:
| Total Fat | 15.3g | 24% |
| Saturated Fat | 3.0g | |
| Cholesterol | 36mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 228mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 127mg | 4% |
| Total Carbohydrates | 29.3g | 9% |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.3g | 5% |
| Protein | 2.7g | 5% |
| Sugars | 18g | |
| Vitamin A | 117IU | |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | |
| Calcium | 40mg | |
| Iron | 1mg | |
| Thiamin | 0mg | |
| Niacin | 1mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0mg | |
| Magnesium | 12mg | |
| Folate | 26mcg |
