Healthy Sweet Potato Muffins

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

Stir leftover mashed sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce into muffin batter for a colorful snack or on-the-go breakfast.

Ingredients

1 cup mashed, cooked sweet potato
2 large egg whites
1/2 cup white sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon orange zest
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup cranberry sauce

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
2 Mix sweet potato, egg whites, sugar, water, applesauce, canola oil, vanilla extract, and orange zest together in a bowl.
3 Whisk all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Mix flour mixture into sweet potato mixture until just combined. Gently stir cranberry sauce into batter. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until muffins are browned and tops spring back when pressed lightly in the middle, about 30 minutes. Cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.