Mini Sweet Potato Muffins (10 Months +)
Up to about 10 months, my daughter would eat anything in sight. I secretly laughed at a friend whose little boy, 7 months older than Libbie, wouldn’t touch anything except waffles for months. MY child would NEVER be like that, of course! Well, fast-forward in time, and at 13 months my girl will hardly touch any food. For weeks she will insist on surviving on bread, bananas, applesauce, and string cheese. It baffles me that this can be the same child who would happily gnaw on a cube of cantaloupe at 7 months and adored green bean puree.
So I’ve started trying any concoction I can to get her to eat something healthy. These mini-muffins were a big hit, are baby-palm-sized, and freeze well.
Mini Sweet Potato Muffins (10 months +)
Author/Source:
Jessie @ Vanderbiltwife.com
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup brown sugar or other sweetener (I use turbinado sugar)
- 1 cup mashed sweet potato
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 2 eggs
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Spray mini-muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and sugar. Stir in other wet ingredients until just combined.
Fill muffin cups about 3/4 of the way and bake for 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Freezing Directions:
Flash freeze or let cool before storing in plastic freezer bags. To thaw, heat in the microwave inside a paper towel for 20 seconds.
Servings: 3 dozen
These look tasty! I wonder if they’d be tasty with pumpkin purée? I’m going to try them tonight. Yum!
I was wondering about your thoughts on honey. I have a 10 month old and have not given it to him yet per doctors orders. Do you think agave would be an acceptable substitute?
Babies under one are not to have honey because of potential botulism poisoning at levels they couldn’t handle but bigger children/adults can. Our pediatrician actually prefers to wait until age 2.
You are completely right — these should be 12 months+ because of the honey. You could just sub a different sweetener (more maple syrup or brown sugar, or omit) until the child has been introduced to honey.
I didn’t have sweet potatoes ready, so I’m making these with canned pumpkin. Used Agave nectar instead of sugar and added a dash of nutmeg. They smell delicious! We’ll see how it turns out!
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