Top of the Muffin to You!
One morning I needed to bake a healthy snack and was short on time. I pulled out what I had on hand—a little cooked sweet potato, a ripe banana, and yogurt—and mixed it all with some flour to bake as muffin tops. They turned out so well my youngest asked for them over and over. So the recipe began!
Ingredients
- 1 cup mix of sliced cooked yellow sweet potato flesh cooled, and sliced ripe banana (see note)
- 1 tablespoon cashew butter or other nut butter
- 1/2 cup plain or vanilla nondairy yogurt see note
- 1/4 - 1/3 cup pure maple syrup see note
- 1 cup oat flour
- 1/3 cup rolled oats
- 11/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Topping (optional)
- 11/2 tablespoons rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon unrefined sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. In a mixing bowl, mash the sweet potato and banana together. Add the nut butter and mix, then mix in the yogurt and maple syrup (or puree these wet ingredients in twister jar). Add the flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Stir until just combined. Use a large spoon or ice cream scoop to place generous mounds of the batter on the prepared baking sheet, spaced a couple of inches apart. You should get 8 or 9 mounds. If using the topping, mix the oats and sugar together with your fingers in a cup or small bowl. Sprinkle over the top of the batter mounds. Bake for 18–19 minutes, until set to the touch. Remove and let them cool on the pan for a couple of minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Potato/Banana Note: Any combination of sweet spuds and banana will do. Or, try all of one or the other! Using full sweet potato will be a little less sweet than including banana.
Yogurt Note: If using a vanilla nondairy yogurt, the batter will be sweeter. You can always reduce the maple syrup a little if you don’t want them too sweet.
Maple Syrup Note: Adjust based on the sweetness of your yogurt. If using 1/4 cup, make up the difference of liquid with about 1 tablespoon nondairy milk.