The Best Sweet Potato Muffins
It’s Fall. That means fresh sweet potatoes. And one good thing about living in a farmland is that farmers are very generous after harvesting their crops. When they’re done, they give you a chance to get your bucket and dig the land for sweet potatoes that they don’t need anymore before they start a new crop for something else. I guessing, cotton. Trust me, there’s a lot of leftovers in the ground. You must have patience and love eating sweet potatoes to enjoy digging into all that dirt. My husband went out there a few weeks ago and came home with over 100 pounds of sweet potatoes. I’ve already made sweet potato pies which I will post some other time.
Right now, let me share with you my sweet potato muffins recipe that I adapted from from Paula Deen ‘s sweet potato biscuits recipe.
The Best Sweet Potato Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 sweet potatoes boiled, peeled, and mashed
- 1/2 stick softened butter
- 4 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Remove the plasctic wrapping of the sweet potatoes. Was thoroughly. Boil sweet potatoes in water until soft. Peel and mashed. Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
- Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In a separate, large bowl, mix the sweet potatoes and butter. Add the flour mixture to the potato mixture and mix to make a soft dough. Then add milk a tablespoon at a time to mixture and continue to cut in.
- If you’re not going to make biscuits, Ignore the next part of the instructions.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured board and toss lightly until the outside of the dough looks smooth. Roll the dough out to 1/2-inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits on a greased pan and coat tops with melted butter.For muffins, which is how I made mine, just scoop spoonfuls of the mixture onto muffin/cupcake pans.
- Bake for about 15-20 minutes. (Watch your oven: If the biscuits are browning too fast, lower the temperature.)
Sweet Potato muffins or biscuits would make a delicious side dish during Thanksgiving or Christmas. Enjoy!