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Purple sweet potato muffins on white plate

Purple Sweet Potato Muffins

Amy
These delicious purple sweet potato muffins get their vibrant color from purple sweet potatoes and a touch of Ube extract. Perfect with a cup of coffee in the morning or as an afternoon snack!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine American
Servings 12 muffins

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup reserved sweet potato boiling liquid, you can use milk if you want, but I didn't miss it in the muffins and it would probably make the muffins less vibrant
  • 2 Tbsp. pure maple syrup
  • 1/4 tsp. Ube extract or 1 tsp. vanilla extract, I used Ube extract which helped to enhance the purple color, this is totally optional
  • 1 cup purple sweet potato puree, from one large or two medium sweet potatoes (see the directions on how to make this)

Instructions
 

  • Directions for purple sweet potato puree:
  • Peel and chop your sweet potato into medium sized pieces.  Place in a medium sauce pan and add enough water to barely cover.  Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce to a simmer.  Cook the potatoes until they are fork tender, about 15-20 minutes.
  • While the potatoes are still warm, scoop them out of the sauce pan, reserving the boiling liquid, and add them to a large bowl and either mash or rice them.  I used a ricer, but if you want them extra smooth you could process them in a food processor.  If your potatoes seem too dry, add some of your boiling liquid.  Set aside to cool.
  • Directions for the muffins:
  • Preheat oven to 400℉ and grease a 12 cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
  • In a medium sized bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
  • In another medium sized bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, reserved boiling liquid, maple syrup, Ube or vanilla extract, and sweet potato puree.  Gradually add in the dry ingredients, I added half then mixed and added the remaining dry ingredients.  Do no over mix your batter, just mix to combine.
  • Scoop the batter into your prepared muffin pan, filling about 2/3 full.  I like to use a cookie scoop to ensure that my muffins are fairly even.  I used a #50 scoop and each muffin had two scoops of batter.
  • Bake for 15 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean.  Transfer to a cooling rack.
Keyword muffins, purple sweet potatoes
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