Easy Baked Apple Donuts
Fall is definitely on the radar with these lightly spiced, fresh Baked Apple Donuts sprinkled with a crunchy cinnamon sugar! Easy to make!
Servings: 12 Servings
Calories:
Ingredients
Baked Apple Donuts
- 2 cups all-purpose flour measured by spooning and leveling flour correctly
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon or use 1 & 1/2 teaspoons apple pie spice and omit cinnamon and nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce or apple butter
- ¼ cup oil of choice or melted butter
- ¾ cup milk of choice or buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- Optional: 1 small apple grated or cubed
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter melted and slightly cooled
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
Baked Apple Donuts
- Preheat the oven to 400℉. Grease donut pan (s) with butter or baking spray. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt until combined. Set aside.
- In another mixing bowl, whisk together the applesauce/apple butter, oil, milk, and vanilla until smooth and combined.
- Fold the wet mixture into the dry ingredients, until just mixed and no streaks of flour remain. Fold in grated or cubed apple if desired.
- Transfer the batter to a large piping bag (or a ziploc bag), snip off the corner, and pipe the batter into the donut pans. Fill each donut cavity almost to the top.
- Bake until golden brown, and a toothpick inserted into the center of each donut comes out clean, about 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan(s) for 10 minutes before transferring to a baking rack to cool.
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- When the donuts are cool enough to handle (15 minutes or so), add the melted butter and cinnamon and sugar mixture to two small shallow bowls.
- Dip each donut in the melted butter followed by the sugar topping until well-coated. You can dip the donuts entirely or just do the tops! Enjoy!!
Notes
- Recipe makes 12 regular sized donuts or 24 mini donuts.
- See how easy it is how to make Apple Pie Spice! Apple pie spice can be substituted for the cinnamon sugar in the donut batter mixture with store-bought apple pie spice or you can make it homemade. This easy homemade version makes 3 tablespoons and it's perfect when baking up any of your apple desserts! Place ingredients in a small bowl and stir well to combine. Store in a small airtight container.
- 1 & ½ tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 & ½ teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon allspice