What do you do with leftover sweet potato casserole from Thanksgiving? You make Maple Glazed Sweet Potato Donuts, of course. They are cakey, delightful donuts with the most incredible glaze on top.
I never thought about what to do with the leftover sweet potato casserole until I hosted a collaboration on Instagram with my foodie friend, Liz Taddei from Clocked Out and Cookin'. We share a love for using up leftovers and morphing them into other meals. Liz is the Queen of leftovers! So, I asked her if she would be interested in hosting this collab with me. Though our group was small, we had about 10 entries; it was still a fun project.
Kate Dean from I Heart Eating inspired these little baked donuts. I omitted many of the ingredients since my sweet potatoes already had some of them. These donuts came out cakey, moist, and delicious! You might consider adding some chopped pecans on top. For a gourmet, twist you could try some brown sugar-coated bacon bits.
Maple Glazed Sweet Potato Donuts
15 small donuts
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup sweet potato casserole
For Maple Glaze:
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream plus more
2 to 4 tablespoons maple syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 6 donut cake pan. Combine flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a medium bowl.
In a larger bowl, combine brown sugar, eggs, oil, cream, vanilla, and sweet potatoes. Mix dry ingredients with wet. Stir well. Fill donut molds with batter. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until cake springs back when lightly pressed. Turn out donuts on a cooling rack.
For the glaze, lightly brown butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Turn off heat and add brown sugar, cream, and maple syrup. Return to low heat until bubbles.
Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla. You may need to add a little more cream. Dip donuts in maple glaze and set back on a cooling rack.