Healthy Sweet Potato Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 cup mashed , cooked sweet potato
• 2 large egg whites
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 0.25 cups water
• 0.25 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.75 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.75 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup cranberry sauce

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin.

2. 2

   Mix sweet potato, egg whites, sugar, water, applesauce, canola oil, vanilla extract, and orange zest together in a bowl.

3. 3

   Whisk all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a separate bowl. Mix flour mixture into sweet potato mixture until just combined. Gently stir cranberry sauce into batter. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until muffins are browned and tops spring back when pressed lightly in the middle, about 30 minutes. Cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.