January 28, 2010 (Updated January 18, 2023)

Confessions of a Muffin Addict

by Anne Mauney, MPH, RD

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Yep… totally made muffins yesterday after work. You saw it coming 😉 It had been, what, like two weeks since I’d made any?! 017

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 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… I was feeling creative 🙂 These are not only delicious, but also healthy (no butter or oil and packed with nutrition from the whole wheat flour, flax, sweet potato, etc!) Sweet Potato Cranberry Coconut Muffins (!!) (makes 12 muffins) Ingredients: Dry:
  • 1.5 C whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1/2 C brown sugar
  • 1/4 C finely ground flax
  • 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
Wet:
  • 1 C canned pureed sweet potato
  • 1/2 C dried cranberries
  • 1/4 C nonfat plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/4 C skim milk
  • 1/4 C unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/4 C unsweetened coconut
  • 2 eggs
Instructions: Preheat oven to 350. In two separate bowls, mix dry, then wet, and then combine, adding wet to dry and stirring gently until the mixture is uniform-ish. Spoon the mixture into a cooking-sprayed or nonstick muffin tin. Add some extra unsweetened coconut on top of the muffins 🙂 006 Pop them in the oven for about 25 minutes and voila! 011 014   YUM!!!!!!!!!!!! So delicious. Nice and soft and not too sweet 🙂 I freaking love muffins. This was a great flavor combination, too! Cranberry + coconut + sweet potato = heaven. Who knew?? 023 I tried one immediately, of course 🙂 Love how the coconut on top got all toasty! 026 ENJOY! 🙂 I’m off to do some homework and then hit up my favorite PiYo (pilates/yoga mix) class at the gym before heading off to Anatomy & Physiology lab! I’ll be back tomorrow with some new strength moves… get pumped! (literally, heh)   **Don’t forget to enter my Progresso gift pack contest!! 🙂
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- anne

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20 comments
  • Jessica @ How Sweet
    I love the coconut on the muffins!! They look absolutely delicious. I want to make some with sweet potato!
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  • Heather
    I love anything bread-like (muffins, bread, etc!) Sweet potato and cranberry - what a great combo. Thanks for posting the recipe!
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  • Evan Thomas
    What an interesting combo. If you say it's good, I'll take your word for it!
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  • PippaPatchwork
    What an awesome idea! Very creative baking. I am a sweet potato fiend, and I love how whole wheat makes anything seem guilt-free. I'll definitely be making these!
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  • Maria
    I haven't made muffins in awhile. I think I better try these this weekend! Love them!
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  • amanda
    Mmmm those sound and look delicious
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  • Lauren
    Ohhhhhhh Girl!!!!!! These muffins are just about the best thing I have seen all week. Digin' the sweet potato! I often forget about this because its overpowered by pumpkin, but I need to reintroduce this because it's pretty fantastic.
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  • Adventurer
    OMG, indeed! They look awesome. And we look fwd to the fitness items tomorrow!
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  • Katie
    Hi Anne, with all the snow we are getting in the MidAtlantic I am snowed in and decided to try your muffins. They are wonderful!!! I made a few little adjustments with canned pumpkin (because that is what I have and there are 12in of snow out) and Trader Joe's Vanana yogurt. I am definately going to share these :) Thanks!!
    Yay, I am so glad you liked them!! I love cooking when snowed in :) -Anne
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  • Alison
    Anne, just wanted to tell you that I made these muffins this afternoon and they are absolutely amazingly delicious. Going in the recipe book for good! Thank you so much.
    Yay!! I'm glad you liked them! :) -Anne
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  • kathleen
    Hi Anne! I'm thinking of making these amazing muffins for a friend this week but was wondering, is it okay if I use whole wheat flour instead of whole wheat pastry? I wasn't sure if it would make a big difference or not. Thanks for your time and as always thanks for sharing your fannetastic recipes
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    • Anne P
      Hi Kathleen! I'm glad you asked, because using regular whole wheat flour would definitely have made a big difference. Whole wheat pastry flour is much lighter and fluffier than regular whole wheat flour, so you can get away with making a recipe 100% whole wheat without it being too dense or gummy, like the recipe would have been had you used entirely regular whole wheat flour. If you can't find whole wheat pastry flour, you can use half white flour and half regular whole wheat flour in the recipe. That will create about the same texture! Enjoy!
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  • Kathleen
    Wow I am really glad I asked! That's great to know. Thanks a bunch for explaining!
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