I initially planned to make my pumpkin oatmeal muffins, but as I was about to leave the grocery store last week, a can of pureed sweet potato caught my eye. I figured I could use the sweet potato to create a new and slightly more unique recipe since I’m sure most people have had pumpkin muffins more than a few times in their life.
As I began to prepare the muffins, I wanted to give the muffins a little more staying power since they were meant to fuel my fellow personal trainers and group exercise instructors through a day of teaching and training. I was recently approached by Benefiber to partner together for two blog posts and since I’ve been using Benefiber off and on since college, I gladly accepted. Back in college, I’d sprinkle a little bit of the fiber into my cereal or oatmeal to increase the fiber content in my morning meal.
I know fiber can help maintain healthy digestive system and I try to get most of my fiber from my diet alone, but when I find myself eating less fruits, vegetables and whole grains than I’d like, Benefiber is a great way to easily add a little fiber to my diet since the powder is undetectable. It’s taste-free, grit-free and dissolves completely into any food or beverage.
Along with the sweet potato puree, I used oatmeal and pecans to add more fiber and texture to the muffins and incorporated one and a half teaspoons of Benefiber into the muffin batter. I knew the muffins had to pass a serious taste test since my coworkers would be eating them, and I was happy to hear only positive reviews from everyone who tried them!
Sweet Potato Muffins With Benefiber
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Sweet Potato Muffins with Benefiber
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
- Category: breakfast, recipes
- Cuisine: Breakfast
Description
I know fiber can help maintain healthy digestive system and I try to get most of my fiber from my diet alone, but when I find myself eating less fruits, vegetables and whole grains than I’d like, Benefiber is a great way to easily add a little fiber to my diet since the powder is undetectable. It’s taste-free, grit-free and dissolves completely into any food or beverage.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons Benefiber
- 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/3 cup sweet potato puree
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup old fashioned oatmeal
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees, line muffin tin with muffin liners or spray with cooking spray
- Combine whole wheat flour all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and Benefiber in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Stir in honey.
- Add sweet potato puree, pecans and eggs, stirring until the batter is smooth. Fold oats into batter.
- Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups and bake until toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, approximately 20 minutes.
- Allow to briefly cool and enjoy!
If you decide to give these a go, I hope you enjoy them as much as we did!
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Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by Benefiber. All opinions are my own.
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Love that these don’t contain any sugar! Great recipe. Julie.
I LOVE sweet potatos. This sounds yum! Aprons at Publix recently did a sweet potato bun side dish with pecans and cinnamon sugar inside and marshmallow icing topping. It was amazing and I made them at home afterward!
oh my gosh, that sounds fabulous! off to google that one…
Yes! I wasn’t even aware that sweet potato biscuits existed. It tasted like a dessert! Here’s the link if you haven’t yet found it 🙂 http://www.publix.com/aprons/meals/AllRecipes/SimpleMeal.do?mealId=8393&mealGroupId=1000
Yum! I found that brand at Wholefoods last week. They have sweet potato, butternut squash, pumpkin and probably more but I was too excited after seeing those. I love that you can have those cans of organic goodness on hand year round. I will have to give these a go 😉
I bought the butternut squash puree, too! I’m hoping to make some kind of butternut squash soup soon!
Yum! Or you can use it as a pasta sauce with spinach! I love squash, the options are endless.
Ok…I did my first Body Pump class on Friday and today my quads are burning!!! It felt so good 🙂 The instructor was not very motivating but she was a fill-in so I am hoping to return and have a more enthusiatic instructor. That can make or break a class!
But I loved the concept!
The instructor can make a big difference! I hope you find one you love! Glad you got a good workout though! 🙂
They look delicious! Hope everyone enjoyed them! Fiber is so important for your overall health and definitely shouldn’t be over looked!
Yuuuuuummmmm. I love sweet potatoes and I love muffins so this is a match made in Heaven! 😉
Yum — sounds delicious!
Yum these sound delicious!! Love the idea of putting sweet potato puree into muffins. 🙂
yum! I’ve always been a pumpkin girl, so I’ll have to try these!
yum! I’ve always been a pumpkin girl, so I’ll have to try these!
These sound relish! I love that they use honey instead of sugar. I might just give them a try!
That’s a lot of fiber, no? (or is there no such thing as too much fiber???)
that actually looks so good! sweet potatoe is just as good as pumpkin in my book 🙂