Make 18 delicious apple cinnamon baked doughnuts topped with cinnamon sugar. An easy to make treat for breakfast or snacks for family or friends.
Do you enjoy baked doughnuts? You know, the kind that you don’t have to deep fry in oil? Well, we do! Our favorite doughnuts are (truthfully) the deep-“fried” kind you get at a doughnut shop.
BUT… after finding our local doughnut shop closed due to the pandemic, I decided to make my own at home. The result was delicious apple cinnamon BAKED doughnuts, made in my cute little doughnut pan!
You will need to have a doughnut pan for this recipe. The little “6 doughnut” one I use was purchased online (Amazon) several years ago very inexpensively. My pan only makes 6 baked doughnuts, so I made 3 batches, since this recipe yields 18 doughnuts.
We gave 6 to our son for his birthday, 6 to our other son to devour, and we enjoyed the other 6! They are so easy to make… here’s how:
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Prepare The Batter
Before making the batter, preheat your oven to 350°F. Prepare the dry ingredients by sifting flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon into a large bowl. Add the brown sugar, and whisk these ingredients together.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla extract until combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the large bowl with the dry ingredients. Whisk or stir well, to fully combine the batter ingredients.
Once the batter has been combined, add the apple pie filling, and stir it in. I was able to use some of my home-canned apple pie filling. This is now the finished batter for the apple cinnamon baked doughnuts.
Bake The Doughnuts
Spoon or pipe the batter into a greased doughnut pan. I used a spoon to fill the “wells” of the pan, but you can use a large piping bag to fill them, if desired.
Fill each doughnut “well” ¾ full and spread the batter evenly. Because this recipe makes 18 doughnuts, you will need to make a couple batches, if you only have one pan, like me!
Bake the doughnuts at 350°F for 11-12 minutes (mine took 12), until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. The doughnuts will be light golden brown.
Remove the pan from the oven and place on a wire rack. After a couple minutes, remove the doughnuts from the pan. I invert the pan to release the doughnuts, then let them cool slightly on the wire rack.
Repeat this process with remaining batter, washing and re-greasing pan after each batch of doughnuts.
Adding Topping To Apple Cinnamon Baked Doughnuts
For the doughnut topping, melt butter in a small bowl. Combine granulated sugar and ground cinnamon in another bowl (that is large enough to hold a doughnut).
While the doughnuts are still warm (after each batch), brush the top of the doughnut with melted butter. Immediately place the buttered side of the doughnut into the cinnamon sugar mixture.
Coat the top surface of the doughnut with the mixture and then place doughnut back on a wire rack to finish cooling. When all the doughnuts are covered with topping, dip each one of them back into the cinnamon sugar mixture for a second coat.
Follow this process until all of the doughnuts have been baked and double dipped in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Now the apple cinnamon baked doughnuts are ready to EAT!
In the photo below, you can see the doughnuts after their FIRST cinnamon sugar dipping.
Ready To Eat!
Here are four of the finished doughnuts on a plate, just begging to be eaten. See all the double dipped cinnamon sugar topping on each one? I saved one for you.
Go ahead, choose the one you want, and enjoy it. You’re welcome! Oh yeah… apple cinnamon baked doughnuts are really good!
I hope you have a chance to try these easy, yummy apple cinnamon baked doughnuts. They’re a fun breakfast treat or a tasty snack, and I am confident you’ll enjoy them.
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- Glazed Chocolate Doughnuts
- Amish Apple Fritters
- Glazed Lemon Poppy Seed Doughnuts
- Baked Banana Doughnuts
- Old-Fashioned Cake Doughnuts
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Recipe adapted from: Lyuba, at https://www.willcookforsmiles.com/apple-pie-baked-doughnuts/
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Make 18 delicious apple cinnamon baked doughnuts topped with cinnamon sugar. An easy to make treat for breakfast or snacks for family or friends.
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ cup apple pie filling
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 3 Tablespoons butter (salted) , melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ Tablespoons butter , melted
- ⅓ cup white granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350°F
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon into a large bowl. Add brown sugar, and whisk together. In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla extract until combined. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Whisk or stir well, to fully combine. Add apple pie filling, and stir until fully incorporated.
Spoon or pipe batter into a greased doughnut pan. Fill each doughnut "well" 3/4 full, and spread batter evenly. You may need to make a couple batches, if you only have one pan, like me. Bake at 350°F for 11-12 minutes (mine took 12), until golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Transfer pan from oven to a wire rack. After 2 minutes, remove doughnuts from pan. I inverted the pan to release doughnuts, then let them cool slightly on the wire rack before adding the cinnamon sugar topping. Repeat process with remaining batter, washing and re-greasing pan after each additional batch of doughnuts.
Place melted butter in a small bowl. In a separate bowl (large enough for a doughnut), combine granulated sugar and ground cinnamon. While doughnuts are still warm (after each batch), brush the top of the doughnut with melted butter. Immediately place buttered side of doughnut into cinnamon sugar mix. Coat the top surface of the doughnut with the mix, and then place doughnut back onto wire rack to finish cooling. When all doughnuts have been covered with topping, dip each one back into the cinnamon sugar mixture for a second time. Once doughnuts are double-dipped with topping, they're ready to eat! Enjoy.
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