RECIPE

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Makes 8 to 9 doughnuts INSTRUCTIONS DOUGHNUTS  Preheat the oven to 350°F.  In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and sea salt.  In a separate bowl, whisk together My mom never let us have foods like doughnuts for breakfast at home. She tried to make sure we had a INGREDIENTS § ¾ cup whole wheat pastry flour § ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder § 1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder the applesauce, date puree, plant milk, and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined.  Spoon or pipe the batter into eight or nine wells in a nonstick doughnut healthy breakfast and doughnuts had a § ¼ teaspoon sea salt pan. Bake until the doughnuts spring reputation as the bad boy of breakfast § ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce back when gently pressed, 12 to 15 foods. Rightfully so—until now. These § ¾ cup Date Puree* minutes. Let the doughnuts cool slightdoughnuts are not only whole grain § ¼ cup unsweetened plant milk ly in the pan before transferring to a but also free of oil and processed sug§ ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract cooling rack to cool completely. ar, so you can include them on the list  While the doughnuts are cooling, of healthy breakfast foods you serve to Chocolate Frosting combine all the chocolate frosting your family. § ½ cup sweet potato puree (see Tip) ingredients in a food processor and § ¼ cup Date Puree* puree until smooth and creamy. § 2 tablespoons almond butter  Spread 2 to 3 tablespoons of the

RECIPE TIP You can buy canned or frozen § 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder chocolate frosting over each doughnut. Serve.

sweet potato puree at your grocery store, but you can also make your own version that is Oil-free baked goods go cheaper and better. Here’s how: from done to overdone

 Preheat the oven to 350°F. very quickly. Watch the timer and check them in  Put 2 large sweet potatoes the last few minutes of on a baking sheet and pierce baking. If they feel firm on each potato a few times with top, they are done. a fork. Bake until the potatoes are very tender, about 1 hour.

Let the potatoes cool to room temperature.  Cut the potatoes in half and scoop the potato flesh from the skins into a food processor.

Puree until smooth and creamy.  Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. By Del Sroufe, The China Study Family Cookbook *Date Puree recipe can be found in the The China Study Family Cookbook)

It is important not to overmix any batter or dough when baking, and especially when baking without oil or added fat. Overmixing causes the finished product to be tough and chewy.