Baked Apple Donuts with Caramel Glaze Recipe

First time making these and my whole family loved them!! So easy to make using apple sauce and way healthier than fried. They taste like fall with the apple, cinnamon, vanilla and caramel. The apple sauce makes them really moist too.

You can use any apple sauce that you have on hand. I only had the kids snack size, so I used one apple sauce that was unsweetened and one that was sweetened with cinnamon added. I also think they taste much better when cooled completely, I put mine in the fridge for 15 before I served them.

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Just fill them about 3/4 of the way full.

Just dip the donuts into the cooled caramel glaze and place back on the rack.

Baked Apple Donuts with Caramel Glaze Recipe

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

27 mins

 

Author: Holly

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1¾ cups flour
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup apple sauce
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup heavy cream or milk
• Carmel Glaze:
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 4 tablespoons milk
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• additional powdered sugar to sprinkle on top

Instructions

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. grease 2 donut pans (makes 12)
3. in large bowl mix flour, sugar, oil, apple sauce, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla together until well combine
4. add milk or heavy cream to mixture
5. mix until combined
6. fill donut pans ¾ the way full
7. bake at 350 for 11-15 min
8. let cool 15 min. then remove from pan and place on cooling rack
9. Glaze:
10. in small sauce pan add butter, milk and brown sugar on cook on medium heat
11. cook until just starts to bubble
12. whisk in sugar and vanilla
13. turn down to low heat and whisk until powdered sugar has dissolved
14. let cool for 15 min. (I make this while they are baking)
15. dip the top of each donut into the caramel and put back on cooling rack
16. sprinkle each donut with powdered sugar
17. let cool then serve

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