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Baked Cinnamon Apple Donuts

Super easy and the perfect breakfast, these Baked Cinnamon Apple Donuts have applesauce, spices and are covered in a cinnamon sugar topping.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snacks
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 188kcal
Author: Tornadough Alli

Ingredients

Donuts:

  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 pinches ground nutmeg
  • ½ cup applesauce
  • 2 Tablespoon butter or coconut oil melted
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup heavy cream

Coating:

  • 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 5 Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray donut pans or silicone molds with non-stick cooking spray, set aside.
  • Place the brown sugar, ground cinnamon and nutmeg in a deep bowl. Add applesauce and pour in melted butter (or coconut oil). Mix thoroughly.
  • Mix together the flour and baking powder, add to the bowl with the brown sugar, unsalted butter, ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg.
  • Next, add the egg and the heavy cream.
  • Mix everything with a whisk or electric hand mixer until you get a thick batter.
  • Transfer the batter to a piping bag and cut the tip off.
  • Pipe the batter into the prepared donut pans/molds, place in the oven and bake at for 8-10 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and let the donuts cool slightly then transfer them to a wire rack.
  • For the coating, melt the butter in a small bowl and dip the top of the donuts one at a time until it is all covered.
  • In another small bowl, stir together the brown sugar and cinnamon. Gently dip and roll the top of the donut in cinnamon sugar, shake off excess sugar.
  • Serve warm or cooled.

Notes

  1. You can use sweetened or unsweetened applesauce for this recipe, we used unsweetened.
  2. You can use donut pans or donut molds for these, whatever you got on hand.
  3. Other toppings can be used, see above for ideas - but I highly recommend the cinnamon sugar topping.
  4. You can coat the whole donut, you will just want to double the coating and butter ingredients.
  5. Easily double this recipe to serve more people.
  6. These are great served warm or cooled.
  7. These can be frozen, see above on how to do that.

Nutrition

Calories: 188kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 28mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 345IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg