Easy Baked Apple Donuts
A deliciously moist apple donut made with homemade apple compote, brushed with melted butter and rolled in a sugar and spice mixture. The perfect fall treat!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon fine salt
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup puréed Caramelized Apple Compote
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted + more butter for the pans)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- Nonstick donut pans for 1 dozen donuts
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease pans with butter or spray with nonstick spray. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- 2
Whisk sugar, brown sugar, egg, oil, buttermilk, apple compote and vanilla extract in a large bowl until completely smooth. Add dry ingredients and combine with a rubber spatula until the batter just comes together.
- 3
Transfer batter to a large Ziploc bag. Cut a small hole in the corner of the bag and pipe the batter into a nonstick donut pan, filling each donut space about three-quarters of the way up with batter.
- 4
Transfer to the oven and bake until donuts spring back when touched, about 15 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly.
- 5
Meanwhile, make the topping. Combine the sugar, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg and cloves in a shallow bowl. When donuts are cool enough to handle, brush each donut with melted butter and toss in sugar and spice mixture until donuts are fully coated. Serve warm.