Sweet Potato Muffins Made In Under 30 Minutes

These sweet potato muffins are every bit as good as your favorite muffin recipe, maybe even better. They are perfectly sweet and have just the most fantastic moist texture with a cinnamon glaze on top. But, the best part about these sweet potato muffins is that they're super easy to make in under 30 minutes!

The Best Sweet Potato Muffins

Whether you're looking for a sweet treat for breakfast, or just want to make use of leftover sweet potatoes, this recipe is a perfect choice. If you've never had sweet potato muffins, just imagine your favorite muffin recipe, with a vibrant orange color and a subtly sweet and delicious flavor.

And these muffins made with sweet potatoes are a great seasonal breakfast, dessert, or snack, though you certainly don't have to wait until the fall or holidays to make them.

In fact, whenever you end up with some extra sweet potatoes - no matter the time of year - this recipe is a great option to put them to good use. The sweet potatoes give the muffins a moist, tender texture that is just so, so good. And then the sweet cinnamon glaze that goes on top of 'em is just the "cherry on top" of all that deliciousness!

Seriously, these fluffy muffins are so good you'll find yourself making it all the time. I mean, not only are they delicious, but they're so easy to make too. Just 4 simple steps are all you need to follow to make 'em.

Ingredients

Now, the ingredient list for these cinnamon sweet potato muffins couldn't be simpler!

Only 7 ingredients are required for the muffin batter, and if you love baking, then you probably have them all in your pantry right now.

As for the sugar glaze, just 5 easy ingredients are required - and trust me on this - after you've made this glaze once, you will find yourself making it all the time for other recipes - like this pumpkin cream cheese bread.

Anyway, here's everything you'll need to make the muffin batter:

• 1 cup Flour
• 1 tsp. Baking Soda
• 1 tsp. Baking Powder
• ¾ cup Granulated Sugar
• 2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
• 1 Egg
• 1 cup Mashed Sweet Potato
• ½ cup Canola Oil or Vegetable Oil

And for the cinnamon sugar glaze:

• ½ cup Confectioner’s Sugar
• 1 tbsp. Milk
• ½ tsp. Butter, melted
• ½ tsp. Vanilla Extract
• ½ tsp. Ground Cinnamon

Yup, that's it! See what I mean by simple?

Ingredient Substitutions and Modifications

So, if you want your sweet potato muffins to have a little more fall-themed flavor, feel free to swap the ground cinnamon for equal portions of pumpkin spice. Alternatively, you can also swap half the sugar for brown sugar to deepen the flavors.

Also, if you don't have leftover mashed sweet potatoes? No worries! You can easily use canned sweet potatoes or quickly microwave sweet potatoes to make the sweet potato puree. Or you can make fresh sweet potato puree by making my sweet potato puree recipe!

By the way, if you're picking up sweet potatoes for this recipe, you'll definitely want to stock up so you can make some more of our sweet potato recipes, like this sweet potato cornbread, sweet potato pound cake, old fashioned sweet potato pie, and sweet potato hash browns. They're all incredible, incredible sweet potato recipes.

How To Make Sweet Potato Muffins

As if this cinnamon sweet potato muffins recipe couldn't get any easier, it's super fast to make too! As I mentioned, it takes under 30 minutes to make, and more than half of that is baking time.

Speaking of time, let's stop wasting it and dive into this sweet potato muffin recipe!

Step 1: Making The batter

Start by preheating the oven to 350°F (180º) and prepare a muffin pan with muffin liners.

Now let's combine our dry ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder, sugar, and ground cinnamon and mix.

For the wet ingredients, add the whisked egg, sweet potato puree, canned sweet potato - or mashed sweet potato - and oil to another bowl. Then, give these ingredients a good whisk until they combine.

Next, pour the wet ingredient mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients and gently mix with a rubber spatula until everything just combines to make your sweet potato mixture.

Step 2: Baking the Muffins

Now, pour your muffin batter into your prepared muffin cups until they are about three-quarters of the way full. This recipe will make about 16 average-sized muffins, so you probably have to bake them in batches.

Bake your muffins for about 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Step 3: Make the glaze

When the muffins are almost done baking, you can prepare the cinnamon sugar glaze.

To make the glaze, add the confectioner's sugar, milk, melted butter, vanilla extract, and cinnamon to a medium-sized bowl. Then, give it a good mix until all of the ingredients combine until you have a slightly thick yet slightly runny glaze.

Step 4: Finishing The Muffins

Once the cinnamon sweet potato muffins are baked to perfection, take them out of the tray and transfer them to a wire rack.

Then drizzle the cinnamon sugar glaze on top of the muffins, let them cool for a few minutes so the glaze can set, and enjoy!

How To Store Sweet Potato Muffins

So, this recipe for sweet potato muffins makes about 16 average-sized muffins, depending on the size of your muffin cups.

And, if you're lucky enough to have any leftover sweet potato muffins, they taste terrific the next day/s. Honestly, since they're made with sweet potatoes, they actually get moister the longer they're stored.

To store, let leftover muffins, let them cool completely, and then transfer them to an airtight container. They'll last at room temperature for about 2 days or in the fridge for up to a week.

Alternatively, these muffins freeze really well and can keep for up to 3 months!

Speaking of freezing, I love making a double batch of this muffin recipe and storing the extra muffins in the freezer to pull out at a moment's notice. Just let the muffins thaw, top them with the glaze, and you have yourself a treat.

Now, while you don't have to reheat your cinnamon sweet potato muffins, you can certainly pop them in the microwave for 10-15 seconds if you want them a little on the warmer side.

Wrapping It Up

Well, that's how to make sweet potato muffins!

Trust me, after you've made this recipe once, you'll want to make it again and again.

Seriously, if you love sweet potatoes, then it only makes sense that you would love this recipe for sweet potato muffins.

Whether you have canned sweet potato puree - or you had sweet potato mash for dinner last night - this recipe will make perfectly moist and delicious-tasting muffins. Honestly, your friends and family will never even know this is a recipe out of convenience above anything else!

Anyway, if you loved this recipe for sweet potato muffins, then be sure to leave a comment below and tell me all about it!

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More Recipes

If you're looking to make some more fall recipes, then you're in the right place! We have a ton on the blog that you have to try out next.

Here are some of our favorite sweet recipes:

• Ruth Chris sweet potato casserole
• Ocean Spray cranberry bread
• Sweet potato cobbler
• Sweet potato souffle
• Pumpkin custard pie
• No bake pumpkin pie
• Apple crisp without oats

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