Muffin Wednesday: Spicy Bran-Sweet Potato

It's my first day back from Spring Break, and it's also Muffin Wednesday! So I whipped up a batch of Spicy Bran-Sweet Potato Muffins, a recipe chosen by Stacie and Gerise.

Crumb Topping:

3/4 c crushed bran flakes cereal
2 T butter/margarine melted (I used butter)
2 T light brown sugar

Muffins:

1 c veggie oil
3/4 c packed brown sugar
1/2 c crushed bran flakes cereal
1 c flour
1 1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 t ginger
1/8 t ground cloves
1/8 t ground allspice
1 t grated orange zest
1 1/2 c pared shredded sweet potato
1 c chopped almonds

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
16-cup muffin tin (I filled 18 cups)

1. In a small bowl, combine 3/4 c cereal, butter and sugar. Set aside.

2. In another bowl, combine oil, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat on high for 2 minutes.

3. In a third bowl, combine 1/2 c cereal, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and allspice; mix well. Add orange zest. Add to oil mixture; stir just until blended. Fold in sweet potato and almonds.

4. Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin, filling two-thirds full. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter. Bake for about 20 minutes.

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Personally, I would not have chosen this recipe because of the ginger, cloves and allspice - not my favorite flavors. But Andy and the students really liked them. Andy said he wasn't excited about the title but tried them anyway and thought they were really good - 8.5 out of 10. He liked the crunchy topping. Gerise and Stacie thought they were very moist and tasted more like banana nut than sweet potato.

The girls flipped through the book and chose Cheese Danish Muffins for next week....

:)