Baked Donuts (Cinnamon Sugar)
Serves — 18
These homemade Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts are tender and moist with a crunchy cinnamon-sugar coating ready in just about 30-minutes!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes
Ingredients
For the donuts:
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
- ¾ cup granulated white sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp allspice
- 1¼ cups applesauce
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup canola oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For Cinnamon Sugar topping:
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 5-7 tbsp salted butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare 1-2 donut pans by spraying them with cooking spray.
- Combine the all-purpose flour, granulated white sugar, salt, baking soda, and allspice in a large bowl. Stir until combined.
- Whisk the applesauce, eggs, heavy cream, sour cream, canola oil, and vanilla extract in a separate medium sized bowl. Mix well to make sure everything is evenly combined.
- Fold the applesauce mixture into the floured mixture until you have a sticky, thich dough. It should be a thick dough.
- To make filling the donut pans easier, fill each donut depression with the batter using a piping bag (without a tip). Make sure each hole is about ¾ full of batter. (You can also cut a hole in a gallon sized ziploc bag if you don’t have a piping bag).
- Bake in the oven for 16-18 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely.
- To make cinnamon sugar topping: In a shallow bowl, combine the cinnamon sugar and white sugar. Mix well to create cinnamon sugar coating.
- In a separate shallow bowl, place the melted salted butter.
- Once donuts are completely cooled, dip each donut side into the melted butter and then coat with the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Plate and serve.
Notes
Storage :
The most important thing with these donuts is to keep them in an airtight container.
You can store these donuts at room temperature for about 1-2 days, refrigerate them for up to 1 week, and freeze them for up to 3 months. Tips:
You can store these donuts at room temperature for about 1-2 days, refrigerate them for up to 1 week, and freeze them for up to 3 months. Tips:
- If you don’t have a donut pan, you can bake these in a mini muffin tin, filling to the edge, and baking at the same temperature and timing as this recipe.
- These applesauce donuts are so yummy served warm right out of the oven!
- Make the cinnamon sugar topping ahead of time by combining the two ingredients in a covered bowl and keeping at room temperature until you are ready to use. Feel free to save some cinnamon sugar on-hand for all of your favorite fall treats.
- Feel free to add some maple syrup, agave syrup or honey to your applesauce for additional sweetness.
Nutrition Info
Calories: 263kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 200mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 246IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg