These Catherine wheel sweet potato cinnamon swirls will add a bit of sugar and spice to your Bonfire Night — or to any occasion.
We know they might not look the most healthy, but these sweet treats are made from a secret ingredient: sweet potato.
And we promise, you’ll hardly notice the hidden vegetable in these tasty pastries.
The perfect Bonfire Night snack – they are warming, autumnal cinnamon and fibre-filled, with the nutritious sweet potato all swirled up into glistening iced Catherine wheels.
Oooh!
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes (cooked, peeled and mashed)
- 2 tbsp 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 180c, or until soft. Allow them to cool and then peel the skin off. Mash them and stir in the maple syrup.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt together. Add this mix to the mashed potato a little 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 this 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 over the buns once they’re cooled.
Now enjoy your sweet potato cinnamon swirls with friends or family!
