Sweet potato doughnuts

Sweet Potato Doughnuts

Yes you read that right, doughnuts made from sweet potato! Not only are these doughnuts tasty, they are also healthy! All you need is some doughnut moulds and a blender or food processor.

INGREDIENTS

For the doughnuts 

• 300ml plant based milk

• 80g apple sauce 

• 100g banana 

• 200 -250g sweet potato cooked, skin on

  45ml maple syrup 

• 100g spelt flour or flour of your choice

• 80g protein or extra 80g of flour 

• 1 tsp baking powder 

• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

For the glaze 

• Melted dark chocolate and sprinkles 

• or nut butter

METHOD

1. If you haven’t cooked the sweet potato already, cook it in the microwave or steamer

2. In a blender, combine the milk, apple sauce, banana, cooked sweet potato, maple syrup and protein powder. Blitz till smooth.

3. Add the flour, baking powder and bicarb, either blitz or stir with a spatula to ensure it is well mixed.

4. Heat up the oven to 175c. Add a little melted coconut oil to the doughnut moulds. This will make sure they come out easily. 

5. Add a heaped dessertspoon of the batter to each ring. When all the rings are full, smooth the mixture out with a wet finger. Place in the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes. A skewer should come out clean. Set aside for 15 minutes to cool before removing from the mould. 

6. To finish - I like my doughnuts warm so I stick them in the air fryer for a few minutes. You could do this in an oven on high heat too. 

7. Dip the doughnuts into the chocolate (or nut butter), add sprinkles and see how long you can wait before you devour them. 4 doughnuts plus chocolate is around 600 calories. 

Enjoy and tag me in your creations on social media!