These muffins remind me of sweet potato casserole and sweet potato pie, but they sneak in a little protein and don’t have the fat and sugar.
Recipe adapted from Food Network
Ingredients:
Muffins-
1 sweet potato roasted and mashed
½ cup whole wheat flour
½ cup almond flour
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 large egg
¼ cup truvia or ½ cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon cloves
Zest from 1 orange
¼ cup orange juice
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping-
½ cup pecans
½ cup old fashioned oats
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pierce a sweet potato all over with a fork. Roast for 45-60 minutes until potato is soft. Let cool then peel and mash. You can also microwave the potato for 5-8 minutes rotating halfway through.
- Spray muffin tins with nonstick baking spray.
- Add sweet potato, egg, orange zest and juice, and vanilla extract to a stand mixer. Mix on medium for 1 minute to combine.
- Add flours, baking soda, protein powder, salt, sugar, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon in a medium bowl and whisk to mix.
- Gradually fold in the dry ingredients and mix on low to combine.
- Use a large cookie scooper to fill muffin tins.
- Add pecans, brown sugar, oats, and maple syrup to a food processor. Pulse to mix.
- Add a tablespoon or so of topping to each muffin.
- Bake 20-25 minutes until muffins are firm in the center.
- Let cool for ten minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
- Store in an air-tight container and refrigerate after 24 hours.