Sweet potato cinnamon swirls
Add a bit of sugar and spice to your day with these sweet potato cinnamon swirls.
Hang on a minute… aren’t we supposed to be posting healthy recipes? Cinnamon rolls aren’t very healthy, are they?
Think again, because these sweet treats are made from a secret ingredient… sweet potato. You won’t even notice that these imposter pastries are made from a hidden vegetable.
The perfect evening snack – warming, autumnal cinnamon and fibre-filled, nutritious sweet potato all swirled up into glistening iced pastries. Delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes (cooked, peeled and mashed)
- 2tbsp maple syrup
- 240g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- Pinch of salt
- 50g soft brown sugar
- 4 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp vegetable or olive oil
- 50g icing sugar
- 1-2 tsp water
Method
- Bake the sweet potatoes in the oven for one hour at 180°C, or until soft.
- Allow the potatoes to cool and then peel the skin off.
- Mash the potatoes and stir through the maple syrup.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt together.
- Add in the flour mix to the mashed potato a little bit at a time, stirring until it becomes a ball. You might need to use your hands to bring it all together to form a dough.
- Allow the dough to rest for at least 30 minutes.
- Using a rolling pin or your hands, roll out the dough onto a floured surface to make a rectangle. It should be the thickness of a £1 coin.
- Lightly brush the surface with the oil.
- Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and sprinkle across the surface.
- Using a pizza cutter or a knife, cut 3cm strips and then roll them to make a spiral.
- Put all the rolls next to each other in an oven dish and bake for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix icing sugar together with a little bit of water to make a thick paste.
- Drizzle the paste over the buns once they’re cooled.
- Enjoy!
We hope you enjoy these sweet potato cinnamon swirls! If you’re looking for more healthy eating tips, check out the programmes we offer near you.