Recipe of Sweet Potato Carrot Muffins

Chef John's Sweet Potato Muffins

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Recipe Summary Chef John's Sweet Potato Muffins

Instead of sweet potato pie (which I'm not that fond of), I made sweet potato muffins and I was thrilled with the results. Muffin or cupcake? Frosted or unfrosted? Doesn't matter--these really are fantastic.

Ingredients | Sweet Potato Carrot Muffins

non-stick cooking spray

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon ground ginger

1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg

4 large eggs

1 ½ cups white sugar

½ cup light brown sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

¼ cup melted butter

2 cups mashed sweet potato (yams)

1 cup chopped pecans, plus more for topping

2 teaspoons demerara sugar for topping

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line muffins tins with paper muffin liners. Spray with non-stick cooking spray.

Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, ground ginger, and nutmeg together in a mixing bowl.

In a separate bowl, whisk eggs, white sugar, and brown sugar together until mixture gets light and foamy, about 2 minutes. Pour in vegetable oil and melted butter; whisk together thoroughly. Add mashed sweet potatoes and chopped pecans. Add dry ingredients. Whisk together until dry ingredients disappear into the batter, about 1 minutes. Let batter set for 10 minutes before filling muffin cups.

Fill muffin cups about 3/4 of the way to the top. Sprinkle tops with pecans and a pinch of demerara sugar.

Bake until a bamboo skewer inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cool in pan about 10 minutes; transfer muffins to a cooling rack to cool completely.

If you don't have leftover cooked sweet potatoes, you can microwave them for about 7 or 8 minutes. Then scrape the flesh into a bowl.

Info | Sweet Potato Carrot Muffins

prep: 10 mins cook: 25 mins total: 35 mins Servings: 24 Yield: 24 muffins

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