Power Up Your Shift with an Irresistible Sweet Potato Cinnamon Bun!
Sweet potatoes are one of my favourite ways to incorporate complex carbohydrates into baking.
A sweet potato cinnamon bun not only satisfies your sweet tooth but also offers a more nutrient-dense alternative to traditional cinnamon rolls.
Adding SP to dessert dishes helps stabilize blood sugar, reduce sugar cravings, improve digestion, and support gut health.
For hospitality professionals working long, high-stress shifts, adding nutrient-dense carbohydrates like sweet potato can also help provide more sustained energy throughout the shift.
It will also help keep you full and avoid the processed sweets that may be out for staff!
Check out the latest recipe, and let me know what you think.
Ingredients
Servings 06
2 sweet potatoes, [260 g] Sweet Potato (baked and mashed)
1.5 cup [180 g] Oat Flour
0.25 tsp [1.15 g] Baking Soda
1 pump [1 g] Avocado Oil Cooking Spray
2 tsp [9.2 g] Baking Powder
0.25 cup [48 g] Organic Coconut Sugar
8 tsp [18.4 g] Cinnamon
1.5 cup [360 ml] Coconut Milk (from a can)
0.5 cup [48 g] Monk Fruit Sweetener
1 tsp [4.2 g] Vanilla Extract
6 tbsp [42 g] Chopped Walnuts
Directions
01. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (204 degrees C). Place the Coconut milk can, the bowl, and whisk for the electric mixer in the freezer.
02. Poke holes in the potato and bake for about 1 hour.
03. Once potatoes are soft, take off the skin and mash in a bowl.
04. Slowly mix baking powder, flour, and baking soda into the potatoes.
05. Once everything is mixed, cover the bowl with a dish towel and let it rise for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
06. Once the dough has risen, flour a large surface and roll out the dough to about 1/8 inch thickness.
07. Add cinnamon and coconut sugar to the dough.
08. Slowly roll up the dough lengthwise.
09. Cut into 6 pieces with a knife or pizza cutter.
10. Grease a baking dish or cast-iron skillet with avocado oil spray.
11. Place the baking dish into the oven to bake for 15-20 minutes and let it cool.
12. While the rolls are cooking, make coconut icing.
13. Remove the materials from the freezer. In a cold bowl, whisk coconut milk, monk fruit, sweetener, and vanilla on high speed until stiff enough to form peaks.
14. When ready to serve, add icing to cooled cinnamon rolls and top with walnuts (1 tbsp per serving).
