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sweet potato muffins

these muffins are sweet but not overpoweringly sweet--and they use applesauce instead of oil
[preparation time: about 50 minutes plus 1 hour to bake the potatoes]
yield: 9 muffins

Bake 2 medium sweet potatoes until soft (about 1 hour). let cool, then remove skins.

1/2 cup water
1 3/4 cups of baked, mashed sweet potato
3 eggs, beaten
3/8 cup of applesauce

1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 TB cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

Mix the wet ingredients and the dry ingredients in separate bowls. Mix all of it together, adding water as necessary. Oil a muffin tin; fill cups to the top. Bake at 375 degrees for about 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

rebecca blood
march 2002