Spiced Vegan Sweet Potato Doughnuts with Cinnamon sugar and Salted Caramel

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Spiced Vegan Sweet Potato Doughnuts with Cinnamon sugar and Salted Caramel

An easy recipe for Baked Vegan Sweet Potato Donuts that you can feel good about! These vegan donuts are made with spelt flour, less sugar, and only the smallest amount of oil. Perfect for a cozy fall breakfast! Allergen Information: free of Dairy, egg, soy, yeast, nut. Can be made corn-free with arrowroot starch.

Prep Time15

Cook Time18

Total Time33

Course: Breakfast, brunch, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked sweet potato donuts, baked vegan donuts recipe, sweet potato donuts recipe

Servings: - 7 donuts

Author: Vegan Richa

Ingredients

Wet:

2 Tablespoons flax meal
1/4 cup warm water
1/4 cup ground raw sugar 2 Tablespoons more for sweeter
2 Tablespoons oil organic canola or coconut
3/4 cup sweet potato puree I use canned. You can also use baked, boiled or nuked and well mashed Sweet potato. Or use Pumpkin puree for spiced pumpkin doughnuts
1 teaspoon vinegar I use apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsps maple syrup

Dry:

1 cup spelt flour
1 Tablespoon cornstarch or arrowroot starch
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
a generous pinch of nutmeg

Topping

Cinnamon Sugar 1/4 cup coarsely ground raw sugar + 2 tsps cinnamon
Salted Caramel Recipe linked in notes

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk flax meal and water and let sit for 2 minutes. Add sugar and rest of the wet ingredients and whisk well.
In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Add dry to wet and mix until just about combined. It will be a stiff-ish batter.
Spoon the batter into doughnut pan or pipe using ziplock.
Even out the tops and bake for 17-18 minutes. Let cool a bit before removing from pan.
Toss in cinnamon sugar once cool, or glaze with salted caramel or your favorite glaze.

Notes

For making vegan pumpkin donuts, use canned or homemade pumpkin puree. Or make my yeasted pumpkin donuts
I topped these baked donuts with cinnamon sugar and my homemade salted caramel glaze.
I used a standard 6-cavity pan ( 12.5 x 8 inches). Donut pans can vary a lot in size, so the donut yield might vary. You may need to adjust your baking time accordingly if you have a mini-donut pan.
Don't have a donut pan? No problem! You can use the batter to make delicious vegan sweet potato muffins. Just bake the muffins for an additional 3-5 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
For mini sweet potato muffins, bake these for just 8-10 minutes total.

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