Oven Baked Sweetpotato Pie Doughnuts

2015 North Carolina State Fair 52 Ways to Love Sweet Potatoes Recipe Contest

First place recipe developed by: Mellissa Ubbens of Cary, NC These Sweetpotato Pie Doughnuts are delicious served plain or with toppings. Try with pecan crunch, cream cheese or powdered sugar! How will you enjoy yours?

Prep Time15

Cook Time18

Course: Appetizer, Dessert, Snack, sweets

Cuisine: American, breads

Keyword: baked potato, breads, Donut, Doughnut

Servings:

Calories: 708kcal

Ingredients

Doughnuts

½ cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
½ cup sugar
1½ cup NC sweetpotatoes baked and mashed without skin
1 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
1½ tsp salt
1½ tsp baking powder
1¾ cup all-purpose flour

Pecan Crunch Topping

½ cup maple syrup
3 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
¼ cup loosely packed brown sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
1 cup coarsely ground roasted pecans

Instructions

Doughnuts:
Preheat oven to 350℉.
In a mixer, beat together the oil, eggs, sugar, sweetpotatoes, pumpkin pie spice, salt and baking powder.
Once mixed, slowly add the flour.
Fill a nonstick or greased doughnut pan 3⁄4 full with batter.
Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.
Cool completely.
Pecan Crunch Topping (optional)
Mix melted butter and maple syrup together.
Drizzle melted butter and maple syrup on doughnuts.
Mix brown sugar, cinnamon and ground roasted pecans together.
Sprinkle mixture on doughnuts.
Drizzle any leftover syrup/butter mixture over the nut topping to help stick.

Notes

Note: Pecan Crunch Topping was used in nutrition label calculations

Nutrition Facts

Oven Baked Sweetpotato Pie Doughnuts

Serving Size

Amount per Serving

Calories

708

% Daily Value*

Fat

Saturated Fat

125

Trans Fat

Polyunsaturated Fat

Monounsaturated Fat

Cholesterol

Sodium

757

Potassium

406

Carbohydrates

Fiber

Sugar

Protein

Vitamin A

8320

166

Vitamin C

Calcium

149

Iron

Net Carbohydrates

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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