Sweet Potato Donuts

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter (unsalted, melted)
• 1/4 cup veg. oil
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup plain mashed sweet potatoes

Glaze:

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1-3 Tbsp. water

Instructions:

1. Begin by preheating the oven to 350° and grease a donut pan with non-stick spray.
2. Peel and Chop 1 sweet potato and place in a medium sized sauce pot filled with water covering the sweet potatoes.
3. Bring this pot to a boil to cook the sweet potatoes all the way through. To check if they are done, insert a fork in the center of the sweet potato and it should slide right off the fork.
4. Once the potato is cooked, drain the water out then mash them using a fork or potato masher until they are nice and smooth.
5. Set this to the side to cool.
6. In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
7. In a separate sized bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, melted butter, oil, milk and eggs. Whisk this mixture of wet ingredients until everything is nice and evenly combined with no lumps.
8. Once the mashed sweet potatoes have had enough time to cool down a bit, go ahead and add that the wet ingredients. Continue to whisk until everything is nicely combined.
9. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until you have a nice, smooth batter. Feel free to add chocolate chips or nuts of your choice!
10. Scoop the batter into the prepared donut pan filling about 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until fully baked.
11. Let the donuts cool on a wire rack before decorating.
12. The glaze is optional, you can also toss them in cinnamon and sugar if you prefer that.
13. For the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar and 1 Tbsp. of water at a time until nice and smooth. Add a dash of cinnamon if you’d like.
14. Once the donuts have cooled, dip each one in the glaze, letting the excess glaze drip off. Top with pecans and enjoy!