Recipe

July 31, 2011

Sweet Potato & Chocolate Muffins Recipe

Recipe:

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Place 12 paper muffin liners in a muffin pan.

Step 2: Bake the sweet potato for 50 minutes, until soft. Cool slightly, then peel and mash with a fork. Set the potato aside to cool completely.

Step 3: Increase the oven temperature to 350°F.

Step 4: Place the eggs and sugar in a stand mixer, and beat on high speed until thick and foamy, about 5 minutes. Place the flour, baking powder, and xanthan gum in a separate bowl, and mix well. Whisk the oil and glycerin together in a small bowl.

Step 5: Add the sweet potato flesh to the flour mixture, and chop through with a spoon or fork, breaking it up so the mixture is roughly combined. Roughly chop the bittersweet and white chocolate, and stir into the mixture.

Step 6: Add the oil mix to the eggs, along with the flour and sweet potato; mix well, but lightly.

Step 7: Spoon the mixture into the muffin liners and bake for 20 minutes, or until well risen and lightly browned.

Step 8: Remove the muffin pan from the oven, and let cool on a wire rack.

Reprinted with permission from Phil Vickery’s Gluten-Free Baking(2011 Firefly Books).

Ingredients

About 7 oz. sweet potatoes
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2/3 cup superfine sugar
1-1/2 cups Gluten-Free Flour Mix (see below)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
2/3 cup mild olive oil
1 tsp glycerin
2 tbsp each of bittersweet and white chocolate

Gluten-Free Flour Mix (makes 7-1/4 cups)*
5-1/4 fine white rice flour
1 cup potato flour
1 cup tapioca flour

* Mix all the flours together and store in an airtight container. This mix works well for cookies and cakes.

Directions

Yield:

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Place 12 paper muffin liners in a muffin pan.

Step 2: Bake the sweet potato for 50 minutes, until soft. Cool slightly, then peel and mash with a fork. Set the potato aside to cool completely.

Step 3: Increase the oven temperature to 350°F.

Step 4: Place the eggs and sugar in a stand mixer, and beat on high speed until thick and foamy, about 5 minutes. Place the flour, baking powder, and xanthan gum in a separate bowl, and mix well. Whisk the oil and glycerin together in a small bowl.

Step 5: Add the sweet potato flesh to the flour mixture, and chop through with a spoon or fork, breaking it up so the mixture is roughly combined. Roughly chop the bittersweet and white chocolate, and stir into the mixture.

Step 6: Add the oil mix to the eggs, along with the flour and sweet potato; mix well, but lightly.

Step 7: Spoon the mixture into the muffin liners and bake for 20 minutes, or until well risen and lightly browned.

Step 8: Remove the muffin pan from the oven, and let cool on a wire rack.

Reprinted with permission from Phil Vickery’s Gluten-Free Baking(2011 Firefly Books).

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