Baked Apple Doughnuts

Quick Bread - Bread

These easy and delicious baked apple doughnuts are tender, sweet, and studded with pieces of tart apple. The trick is to coat the dough in lots of cinnamon sugar, and then bake them so they are still soft on the inside and have a wonderful sugar crust on the outside. Enjoy with coffee and a crossword!

Brief

Prep 25 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Total: 35 mins

Servings: 24

Yield: 24 mini doughnuts

Baked Apple Doughnuts

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup white sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ cup vegetable shortening

2 cups diced apples

1 cup milk

2 large eggs

beaten

½ cup butter

1 cup sugar

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Bread

Directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cavity mini doughnut pans.

Step 2

Combine flour sugar baking powder salt nutmeg and cinnamon in a large bowl; mix together with a fork until combined. Add shortening and mix with the fork until broken up into small clumps.

Step 3

Mix together apples milk and eggs in a separate bowl. Add to flour mixture and stir just until blended. Spoon batter into the prepared doughnut pans.

Step 4

Bake doughnuts in the preheated oven until slightly browned on the bottoms about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 5

While doughnuts are cooling place melted butter for topping in a shallow bowl. Mix together 1 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon in another shallow bowl. Dip cooled doughnuts in butter and then in sugar mixture to coat.

Nutritional Information

Baked Apple Doughnuts

Servings Per Recipe:24

Calories: 211.1

% Daily Value *

Protein: 2.6g 5%

Carbohydrates: 30.9g 10%

Dietary Fiber: 0.9g 3%

Sugars: 18.3g

Fat: 8.9g 14%

Saturated Fat: 3.8g 19%

Cholesterol: 26.5mg 9%

Vitamin A Iu: 164.3IU 3%

Niacin Equivalents: 1.5mg 11%

Vitamin C: 0.5mg 1%

Folate: 31.6mcg 8%

Calcium: 44.8mg 5%

Iron: 0.9mg 5%

Magnesium: 6.2mg 2%

Potassium: 51.9mg 2%

Sodium: 176.6mg 7%

Thiamin: 0.1mg 13%

Calories From Fat: 80.5

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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