Sweet Potato Doughnuts with Maple Icing

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula's Home CookingEpisode: You Won't Believe It

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (27)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(27)

Cook Time:
10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
about 10 to 12 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 10 min
Total:: 20 min

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Ingredients

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup sour cream
1 cup cooked mashed sweet potato (about 1 medium potato)
Vegetable oil, for frying

Directions

Maple Icing, recipe follows

1 cup finely chopped pecans

In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. In a large bowl, combine eggs, sour cream, and sweet potato. Gradually add flour mixture, stirring to combine. Turn dough out onto a heavily floured surface. Knead in flour with hands as needed (dough will be sticky). Roll out dough to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut out dough with a 2 1/4-inch round cutter. Cut out center of doughnuts with a 3/4-inch round cutter. Re-roll dough as needed.

In a Dutch oven, heat vegetable oil over medium heat to 360 degrees F. Cook doughnuts, in batches, in hot oil, 2 minutes per side, or until lightly browned. Drain on paper towels. Ice top of doughnuts with Maple Icing, and sprinkle with chopped pecans.

Maple Icing:

2 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar

3 to 4 tablespoons milk

1/4 teaspoon maple extract

In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and 3 tablespoons milk; stir well. Add additional milk to reach desired consistency. Stir in maple extract.

Yield: 1 cup icing

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recipe Sweet Potato Doughnuts with Maple Icing
Paula Exeter, NH 02-05-2010
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On the heavy side
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I won't be trying this recipe again. The end product was too dense for our taste. I found the temperature (360 degrees) took... too long to cook the doughnuts. I switched from my electric deep fryer to a Dutch oven where I could crank up the heat to 375-380. Even then I couldn't produce an edible doughnut. Even though I'm an experienced cook, I'll sum it up as mostly operator error and stay away from recipes like this. A tender, crispy doughnut is a thing of beauty; these are definitely not worth the time nor the calories.Read more
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Kristen Bedford, MA 01-10-2010
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Really Great!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

These dougnuts are delicious. I used real maple syrup in the icing and it was fine. We also tried some with cinnmon sugar... and they were also good. I don't do a lot of frying, but with the oil thermometer it was easy. We'll be making them often!Read more
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Loice Des Moines, IA 12-02-2009
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WOW!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Its amazing what you can do with the ingredients in the pantry. I will never buy doughnuts again. I firs watched Paula on TV... and then searched for the recipe on foodnetwork. I haven't done the icing yet but they still test great. Thanks Paula, i will watch your program more often now.Read more
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Katie Simi Valley, CA 11-10-2009
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I had the ingredients on hand
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Having the ingredients in my kitchen I decided to make these donuts, however I substituted the sweet potato with canned... pumpkin. They were easy and very tasty. Will make these again and again. Thanks Paula!!Read more
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Jessica Greensboro, NC 07-24-2009
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*******GREAT*******
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I MADE THIS RECIPE ON FRIDAY AND I JUST LOVE IT.... I HAD A FRIEND THAT HATES SWEET POTATOES BUT LOVE THESE DONUTS... PAULA... THANKS FOR SHARING THIS RECIPE I LOVE IT.... INSTEAD OF USING THE MAPLE CREME I SPRINKLED THE DONUTS WITH POWDERED SUGAR.. NEXT TIME I WILL USE THE CREME BUT JUST NOT THE MAPLE WITH ITRead more
recipe Sweet Potato Doughnuts with Maple Icing
Joanna New York, NY 03-10-2009
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a new standard
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

this was my first foray into making donuts, and they were a hit! i had to work in quite a bit of extra flour so the dough... wasn't too sticky to work with. other than that this was a piece of cake. rolled them in cinnamon sugar instead of the glaze, better for not so sweet breakfasts. thank you paula deen.Read more