Vickys Monkey Bread Doughnuts

• 220 grams potato starch (1 & 1/4 cups)
• 200 grams rice flour (1 & 1/4 cups)
• 65 grams granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp xanthan gum
• 113 grams applesauce
• 2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
• 180 ml coconut milk, warmed to 100F
• 2 1/2 tsp fast acting yeast
• 250 grams granulated sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 spray oil as required
• 1 remaining sugar/cinnamon from topping (around 200g/1 cup)
• 1 just over 3/4 of above weight of sunflower/olive spread or butter (170g / 3/4 cup)

1. Preheat the oven to gas 5 / 190C/ 375F
2. Grease an 8" or 9" round tin with spray oil
3. Mix the flour, starch, salt, sugar and xanthan gum in a bowl
4. Add the applesauce and coconut oil, warmed milk and yeast.
5. Mix together to form a soft dough
6. It should be more batter-like, a very soft dough, not sticky but not dense at all.
7. If you made a ball of it and dropped it on counter top it would flatten a little.
8. Don't be tempted to add more flour thinking that the dough is too soft
9. Mix the sugar and cinnamon from the topping ingredients together and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of it into the greased tin
10. Make balls out of the dough about 2 inches in diameter or enough dough to fit in the palm of your hand
11. Spray the doughnuts with the oil and sprinkle liberally with the cinnamon sugar
12. Place them in a single layer in the tin
13. At this point you can bake as they are for 18 - 20 minutes then let cool for in the tin for 5 minutes.
14. Lovely doughnuts!
15. Invert onto a serving plate and enjoy.
16. Any leftovers can be frozen for up to 3 months.
17. Just defrost then warm through in the oven at the same temp for 4 minutes to refresh them
18. If you want the caramel sauce topping to make the doughnuts into monkey bread, melt the leftover cinnamon sugar with just over 3/4 it's weight of butter in a pan until the sugar has dissolved
19. Pour over the coated doughnuts and bake for 25 - 30 minutes
20. Let cool in the tin for 10 minutes to let the caramel sauce thicken then invert onto a serving plate
21. It's probably better to make the balls half the size if doing this, around an inch wide, just because of the sweetness

potato starch, rice flour, sugar, salt, xanthan, applesauce, coconut oil, coconut milk, acting yeast, sugar, ground cinnamon, spray oil, remaining sugar, just

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/358153-vickys-monkey-bread-doughnuts (may not work)