Oatmeal sweet potato apple carrot walnut flaxseed muffins

This is a recipe I stole from one of my dear friends, who used found this recipe from this site http://www.sweetpotato.org/recipes/recipe/24 .Of course, I modified it as per my usual. I LOVE sweet potatoes!! They are everything you could ask for in a starch root–complex carbs, sweetness, easy to prepare, delicious plain with NO  spicy adornments, complements to a variety of other foods either as a main or side dish. Literally, they are the best root around!!!…at least in my opinion…

Here’s what you need:

1 1/2 c. whole wheat flour

1 c. rolled oats

1/2 c raw cane sugar

1/4 c ground flaxseed

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg (slightly more than 1/2)

1/3 c canola oil

1/4 c water (skim milk really but I didn’t have any on hand and I was too lazy to go to the store again…didn’t matter cuz these are still a hit!)

3 tbsp of liquid egg whites (or 1 large egg… or potato starch for my vegan folks)

a little more than a 1/4 c honey (this is also tweakable…substitute with maple syrup or agave nectar)

1tsp vanilla

1c baked mashed sweet potatoes

1c apple shredded

1/2c carrots shredded

1/2 c chopped walnuts
Here’s what you do:
1.Combine dry and wet ingredients in two separate bowls.

2. Then fold wet ingredients into the dry ingredients3. Scoop spoonfuls into muffin pans. I used a cooking spray on the muffin cups just to make sure they didn’t stick. Baked @ 400 for 15-18min or till a toothpick or fork inserted comes out clean.*Feel free to tweak…lord knows I modified the original recipe from here http://www.sweetpotato.org/recipes/recipe/24*I also used this same recipe, switched out the fruit for 3 ripe, mashed bananas, 1 c blueberries for banana blueberry walnut flaxseed muffins.

nice clean and moist muffins!

My boo Uchenna loved them!!

Try’em and love’em too! 🙂

CB