sarah
Sweet Potato Donuts
Hello friends, welcome to Donuts Recipes. Today we are going to make Sweet Potato Donuts.
I was looking for a “healthy” donut recipe that used the deep-frying method, not the oven-baked method, since I just got a deep fryer.
I couldn’t find what I was looking for, so combined the Plain Cake Doughnut recipe, with another healthier recipe, then added a few extra touches with a friend one rainy day, and came up with this.
Recipe Summary for Sweet Potato Donuts
- preparation time: 30 minutes
- cook: 10 minutes
- total: 40 minutes
- Servings: 12
Ingredients for Sweet Potato Donuts
- 1 quart oil for frying, or as needed
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 dash ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup mashed sweet potatoes
- ¼ cup milk
- ¼ cup applesauce
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions for Sweet Potato Donuts
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Combine 2 cups plus 3 tablespoons flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Stir in melted butter until crumbly.
- Combine sweet potatoes, milk, applesauce, egg, and vanilla extract in a medium bowl. Mix well.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and combine, kneading well.
- Turn out onto a well floured surface and roll to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with a donut cutter.
- Slowly lower the doughnuts into the hot oil. Fry in batches, turning once, until golden, about 2 minutes.
Nutrition’s information in Sweet Potato Donuts
- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Calories: 218
- % Daily Value *
- protein: 3.2g 6 %
- carbohydrates: 28.9g 9 %
- dietary fiber: 0.8g 3 %
- sugars: 10.1g
- fat: 10g 15 %
- saturated fat: 2.4g 12 %
- cholesterol: 21mg 7 %
- vitamin a iu: 552.9IU 11 %
- niacin equivalents: 2.1mg 16 %
- vitamin c: 0.4mg 1 %
- folate: 44.8mcg 11 %
- calcium: 89.9mg 9 %
- iron: 1.4mg 8 %
- magnesium: 8.9mg 3 %
- potassium: 66.7mg 2 %
- sodium: 331mg 13 %
- thiamin: 0.2mg 19 %
- calories from fat: 90.3
