Pat’s "Christiana Campbell's Tavern Sweet Potato Muffins"
6 Dozen
1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups canned sweet potatoes, mashed
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup raisins, chopped
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F
Grease 1 1/2 inch muffin tins.
Cream the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and mix well.
Blend in the sweet potatoes.
Sift the flour with the baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Add alternately with the milk. Do not over mix.
Fold in the nuts and raisins.
Fill the greased muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake at 400 degrees F for 25 minutes.