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Friday, April 9, 2010

Cheese-Filled Sweet Potato Muffins


What You Need:
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar (or substitute 2/3 cup agave nectar)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup sweet potato (peeled, boiled, and mashed)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup water
  • nutmeg, cinnamon, and any other spices that suit your fancy
  • 1 cup of cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, or a mixture of the 2
What You Do:
  • Preheat oven to 350
  • Prepare a muffin tin with olive oil spray or butter
  • Mix olive oil, eggs, water, sweet potato
  • Add agave or sugar
  • Mix in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg
  • Blend ingredients well and pour into muffin tin
  • Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, or until done (you can insert a sharp knife into one of the muffins- if nothing sticks to the knife, the muffins are ready)
  • Remove muffins from tin and place on baking rack to cool
  • Once cool, scoop out a section from the top center of each muffin (see photo)
  • Eat what you have scooped out as your reward for baking
  • Whip up your cheese, adding cinnamon if you like. Fill each hole with your cheese selection. When I made these I used mascarpone, but wished that it had a sweeter, cheesier taste. Next time I think I will do a mascarpone-cream cheese combo.
  • Sprinkle cinnamon on top of each muffin and enjoy!
  • Makes 12 regular sized muffins.
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