A little gold for your St. Patrick’s Day Feast:
Mix: 1 cup sweet potatoes, cooked and pureed
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 eggs
Beat with electric mixer for 1 minute until well blended.
Stir together: 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups unbleached white flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
2 tsp cream of tartar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Add to sweet potato mixture and stir just until moistened. Bake in muffin tins at 4ooF for 15 minutes. Cool on cake rack.
Note: Got extra sweet potatoes left over? Make Sweet Potato Pancakes. Recipe follows tomorrow.
