These delicious, sweet potato muffins are wonderfully light, tender and aromatic and have just 186 calories each. Have one with a glass of nonfat milk for a nutritious breakfast, bake some for grab-and-go snacks or serve as a delicious side with soups, ham or turkey.
Ingredients
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1 cupall-purpose flour
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3/4 cupwhole-wheat flour
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1/3 cuppacked dark brown sugar
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1 Tbsp.baking powder
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2 tsp.pumpkin pie spice
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1/4 tsp.salt
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1 1/2 cupSimply Potatoes® Mashed Sweet Potatoes
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1/2 cupAllWhites® egg whites*
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1/2 cupnonfat milk
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1/4 cupcanola or light olive oil
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1 tsp.vanilla
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1/3 cupchopped pecans, if desired
Instructions
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Heat oven to 400°F. Grease the bottoms of 12 muffin cups**.
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Mix flours, sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in medium bowl.
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Lightly beat sweet potatoes, AllWhites egg whites, milk, and oil in a large bowl until well blended.
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Gradually stir dry ingredients into sweet potato mixture, mixing just until dry ingredients are evenly moistened. Stir in pecans.
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Evenly fill muffin cups***. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until browned around edges and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan.
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