Baked Apple Donuts
Homemade fresh apple donuts, sprinkled with a crunchy cinnamon sugar. Baked, not fried and so delicious!
Servings: 18 donuts
Calories: 186kcal
Ingredients
For the Donuts:
- 4 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 ½ cup apples peeled, cored and grated
For the Topping:
- 4 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º Fahrenheit.
- In a medium mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Whisk together.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, add melted butter, eggs, sugar, buttermilk, nutmeg, and applesauce. Mix together until combined.
- Stir in grated apples.
- Next, add the dry ingredients and mix until dough is uniform.
- Transfer dough into a large ziplock bag. Cut one of the bottom corners off.
- Squeeze dough into a greased donut hole pan.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the donuts spring back when pressed lightly with your fingertip. Do not over bake or the donuts will be dry.
For the Topping:
- To make the topping, mix the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- When donuts are done baking, allow them to cool for 5 minutes.
- Brush each donut with melted butter.
- Dip them into the sugar/cinnamon mixture and enjoy!
Notes
- Place your filling in a piping bag or a Ziplock bag with the tip snipped off to fill the donut pan.
- Don’t overfill your pan, only filling them about ¾.
- Store your donuts in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two days.
Nutrition
Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 280mg | Potassium: 57mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 155IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 1mg