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Baked apple donuts stacked on a white platter.

Baked Apple Donuts

Catherine
Baked Apple Donuts, made with fresh apples and coated in cinnamon sugar are the perfect fall treat. These baked donuts are easier to make than fried versions and so yummy, you'll be asking yourself why you waited so long to make them!
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 servings
Calories 238 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup apple sauce
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 3/4 cup finely chopped apple or grated
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground clove
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups all purpose flour

For the cinnamon sugar coating:

  • 1/3 cup butter melted
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375F and grease your donut pans.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, melted butter, sugar, apple sauce and milk.
  • To the wet ingredients, add the finely chopped apple.
  • Sprinkle in the cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, ground clove, baking powder, baking soda, and flour, mixing the batter until everything is combined. The batter will be thick.
  • Place the batter in a piping bag or a plastic ziploc bag with a corner cut off and pipe the batter into the donut pan, filling each cavity 3/4 of the way full. Bake for 12 minutes or until the toothpick inserted into the middle of a donut comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack.
  • When you are ready to enjoy the donuts, mix the cinnamon and sugar in a bowl to make the coating. In a separate bowl, place the melted butter. Dip the donuts one at a time in the melted butter and then roll them in the cinnamon sugar to coat them evenly. Enjoy. [Note: If you don't intend on enjoying the whole batch at once, I recommend only applying the cinnamon sugar coating to the ones you wish to consume immediately. As they sit, the cinnamon sugar coating can lose its crunch so I like to do it close to the time I serve them.]

Note: Metric ingredient measurements are provided as a courtesy using a third-party calculator and are rounded to the nearest unit. The recipes provided on this site have not been tested with metric measurements and their accuracy cannot be verified.

Nutrition

Calories: 238kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 33mgSodium: 254mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 1gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 254IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 1mg

The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.

Keyword apples, baked donuts, doughnuts, fall
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