Fall Recipe: Sweet Potato Muffins

Sweet Potato Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/3 cup apple cider or juice
• 1 medium sweet potato peeled
• 1 medium tart apple peeled
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup or sweetener of choice
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 large eggs, beaten
• 3/4 cup coconut oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 
• 1/4 cup rolled oats

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 
2. Warm up juice or cider and add raisins on stove or in the microwave. Once the cider is warm, plump the raisins by adding them to the cider and setting aside. 
3. Grate the sweet potato and apple and set aside. 
4. Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt in a large bowl. Add eggs, coconut oil, vanilla, raisins, and juice.
5. Fold in the sweet potato, apple, walnuts, and coconut. 
6. Spoon batter into lined muffin pans.
7. Sprinkle oats over batter. 
8. Bake until lightly brown (18-20 minutes) and a toothpick comes out clean.