Sweet Potato Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 c. sugar
1 1/4 c. cooked, mashed sweet potatoes or yams, fresh or canned
1/2 c. butter, room temperature
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1/2 c. chopped raisins
1/4 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
2 Tbsp. sugar mixed with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Grease muffin cups or use liners.
Mix sugar, sweet potatoes, butter and eggs together.
In another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients alternately with the milk, stirring just to blend.
Do not overmix!
Fold in raisins and nuts.
Spoon into muffin cups and sprinkle each with sugar/cinnamon mixture.
Bake 20- 25 minutes and serve warm. Makes
2-2 1/2 dozen.
Freeze any left over and heat up in microwave when needed.