Baked Sweet Potato Donuts

Preheat oven to 350F.In a medium bowl, mix the mashed sweet potato and applesauce together until combined.Using a stand-up mixer, and a paddle attachment, mix together all dry ingredients.Then add the sweet potato and applesauce mixture to the dry ingredients.

Mix on low for 10 seconds and then move to high for about 30 – 45 seconds or until all ingredients are combined to form a dough. The dough will be slightly sticky.Prepare a well-floured surface.Gently, kneed the dough a couple of times to incorporate a bit more flour.Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to about a ½ inch thickness.Use two round cookie cutters, (one large, one small) to form the donut shape.Gently place uncooked donuts onto a greased cookie sheet.

Bake for 6-9 minutes (Do not over cook.)For the Cinnamon Sugar

Sprinkle, combine the cinnamon and sugar together in a bowl. When donuts are out of oven brush each with melted margarine and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.