Sweet Potato and Apple Muffins

The spices really pop in these muffins! The warm spices and apple taste great in the morning or any time of day. I hadn’t combined sweet potato and apple before, but the combination will definitely be repeated.

Ingredients:

1 sweet potato

1 apple

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup almond flour

1 scoop vanilla protein powder

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ginger

½ teaspoon cloves

¼ teaspoon cardamom

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs

¼ cup unsweetened applesauce

Zest and juice from 1 orange

½ cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Prepare muffin tins with liners or baking spray.
2. Pierce sweet potato and microwave for 5-8 minutes until tender.  Let cool.  Then peel and transfer cooked potato to a large bowl.  Mash potato with a fork.
3. Peel and dice apples.  Sprinkle cardamom over apples.  Microwave for 3 minutes.  Then add apples to sweet potatoes.
4. Add eggs, applesauce, vanilla extract, orange juice and zest, and yogurt to sweet potatoes.  Mix to combine.
5. Whisk flours, protein powder, spices in a medium bowl. 
6. Transfer flour mixture to large bowl.
7. Mix to combine.
8. Use a large scooper or measuring cup to fill muffin tins.
9. Bake 20-25 minutes.
10. Let cool on a rack for 10 minutes before removing from muffin tins.
11. Store in an air tight container.