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.