Vegan doughnut balls with tahini and maple drizzle recipe

Name: Vegan doughnut balls with tahini and maple drizzle
Yield: Serves 16 (makes 16)
Ingredients: 1 large sweet potato, baked and cooled (see tip, below); 85g coconut oil or butter, softened; 120g caster sugar; 190g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tbsp almond or cashew milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp lemon juice; 4 tbsp maple syrup; 3 tbsp tahini; 2 tbsp pistachio nuts, finely chopped

This vegan doughnut recipe involves baking instead of frying, making it even easier to follow at home. Sweet potato is the secret ingredient to a fluffy dough that puffs up in the oven, and the sticky maple and tahini glaze adds a lovely sweet finish.

See method

Serves 16 (makes 16)
15 mins to prepare, 10 mins to cook plus cooling
160 calories / serving

Dairy-free
Vegan
Vegetarian

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Tesco Large Sweet Potatoes Loose Class 1
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1 large sweet potato, baked and cooled (see tip, below)
£0.42
£1.19/kg
Tesco Organic Virgin Coconut Oil 300Ml
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85g coconut oil or butter, softened
£3.85
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Silver Spoon Caster Sugar 1Kg
120g caster sugar
£2.25
£2.25/kg
Stockwell & Co. Plain Flour 1.5Kg
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190g plain flour
£0.70
£0.47/kg
Stockwell & Co. Baking Powder 150G
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1 tsp baking powder
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£3.80/kg
Stockwell & Co. Bicarbonate Of Soda 200G
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Califia Farms Simple & Organic Almond 1L
1 tbsp almond or cashew milk
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Tesco Madagascan Vanilla 38ml
1 tsp vanilla extract
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Pride Lemon Juice 250Ml
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1 tsp lemon juice
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Tesco Finest Grade A Amber Maple Syrup 330G
4 tbsp maple syrup
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Tesco Tahini 300G
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3 tbsp tahini
£3.10
£10.33/kg
Tesco Snacking Roasted Pistachio 50G
2 tbsp pistachio nuts, finely chopped
£1.00
£20.00/kg

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Line a baking tray with nonstick baking paper. Cut open the baked sweet potato and scoop out the flesh. Put 100g in a food processor with the coconut oil and sugar. Blitz to combine. (You can use the rest of the sweet potato to thicken a soup, or freeze for another time.)
Transfer to a bowl and stir in the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, milk, vanilla extract, lemon juice and a pinch of salt.
Roll heaped tablespoons of the mix into balls and place on the baking tray, spaced slightly apart. Bake for 8-10 mins until golden and slightly puffed up, then remove and allow to cool for a few mins.
Mix the maple syrup and tahini until just combined, then drizzle over the doughnuts. Scatter with the chopped pistachios to serve.