Baked Doughnuts
Sweet Potato Recipe

Baked doughnuts are my favorite treat and this sweet potato recipe gives them a new twist. Baked homemade doughnuts are really the best. They are light and have just the right consistency to give their fried counterparts a run for their money.

It is no longer necessary to fry doughnuts as baked ones are much healthier and make me personally feel a lot better after eating them than conventional doughnuts. I find it enjoyable to play around with different flavors making doughnuts that are unique and different although different does not range far from spiced raisin doughnuts or sweet sesame doughnuts yet over time the confidence to create new flavors will come.

Baked Sweet Potato Doughnuts

Makes about 20 doughnuts.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of mashed sweet potatoes, 2 small orange sweet potatoes
• 3 tablespoons of butter
• 1/2 cup of warm raw milk
• 2 1/2 teaspoons of instant dry yeast
  
• 1/2 cup of sugar + 1 teaspoon for the yeast
  
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 3 1/2 cups of white spelt flour, plus extra for rolling

For the toppings:

• Cinnamon
  
• Sugar
• Melted butter

Step by step instructions:

1. After the milk and the yeast mixture starts to bubble on the surface showing proof of the reaction mix in the half a cup of sugar, the two teaspoons of vanilla extract, the quarter teaspoon of nutmeg and the teaspoon of salt. You can use the mixer at low speed or just use a fork.
   
2. Now, add in the mashed sweet potatoes, the three tablespoons of melted butter and the egg and two egg yolks until the  mixture forms one mass and the eggs are incorporated. 
   
3. Set the fork or the mixer aside and add the three and a half cups of flour. We used spelt flour which worked very well for this recipe. Now you are ready to knead the dough until a smooth, non sticky consistency is reached. If it is too sticky add some more flour. Cover the bowl with a clean towel and let it rest in a warm, drought free place until it is risen to about double its size (i placed the dough in our hot water cupboard but anywhere warm is fine). The time it takes for the dough to rise depends on the temperature so it can take anything from 30 minutes to 2 hours or more.
   
4. Once the dough has risen knead the dough again. Roll it out on a floured baking board or a clean bench top until it is about 1 centimeter thick. Flouring the surface prevents the dough from sticking onto the board. Lift the edges in between rolling to check and if necessary sprinkle some more flour underneath the dough.
   
5. Take the doughnut cutter and cut as many doughnut shapes as possible out of your rolled out dough.  The doughnuts are ready to be placed on a greased or baking paper lined baking tray.
   
6. Let them rest before baking for at least 30 minutes. Last time I prepared the doughnut rings in the late afternoon and let them rest over night in the oven. The next morning I baked them one tray after another in a  200 C° preheated oven for 6-8 minutes on the middle shelf.

Topping:

1. Fresh out of the oven I brushed the oven warm doughnuts with melted butter and sprinkled them immediately with a mix of sugar and cinnamon.  

We enjoyed freshly baked homemade doughnuts for breakfast, releasing the sweet scents of sugar and cinnamon. Their light and fluffy texture exceeded our expectations. What a special treat this sweet potato recipe was.

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