Cheese-Filled Sweet Potato Muffins

These are the best muffins, ever.

(makes 12 muffins)

What You Need:

1 1/2 cups flour

1 cup sugar (or substitute 2/3 cup agave nectar)

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup sweet potato (peeled, boiled, and mashed)

1/2 cup olive oil

2 eggs

1/4 cup water

nutmeg, cinnamon, and any other spices that suit your fancy

1 cup of cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, or a mixture of the 2

What You Do:

Preheat oven to 350

Prepare a muffin tin with olive oil spray or butter

Mix olive oil, eggs, water, sweet potato

Add agave or sugar

Mix in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg

Blend ingredients well and pour into muffin tin

Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, or until done (you can insert a sharp knife into one of the muffins- if nothing sticks to the knife, the muffins are ready)

Remove muffins from tin and place on baking rack to cool

Once cool, scoop out a section from the top center of each muffin (see photo)

Eat what you have scooped out as your reward for baking

Whip up your cheese, adding cinnamon if you like. Fill each hole with your cheese selection. When I made these I used mascarpone, but wished that it had a sweeter, cheesier taste. Next time I think I will do a mascarpone-cream cheese combo.

Sprinkle cinnamon on top of each muffin and enjoy!