Baked Apple Donuts

I have several recipes posted on here for donut muffins.  This recipe for Jam Donut Muffins is very good.   This recipe for Glazed Donut Muffins is also excellent!  This recipe for Donut Muffins is my absolute favourite.  They are also filled with jam, but are more cakey than the first one.  All are good.   Today I am showing you a recipe for Baked Apple Donuts, which are a mini muffin that greatly resemble donut holes when done!





They are stogged with nutmeg . . .  oh I do love nutmeg, don't you?

 

They are also stogged with grated apple and chopped nuts.  I used pecans today, but walnuts also work very well.



They puff up really nicely in the oven with a crisp shell and tender moist insides, flavoured with the merest hint of grated apple and plenty of nutmeg . . .  and some crunch from the nuts. 



Rolled in melted butter and cinnamon sugar, they go down a real treat.   Sometimes just a little bite of what puts a smile on the face is enough to cheer the heart on a gloomy winter day.   These are fab tea party treats as well.  Just sayin!

 

*Baked Apple Donuts*

Makes about 2 dozen  mini donuts

Printable Recipe 

Cinnamon sugar dusted with a  hint of apple flavour, these are just like donut holes.  Perfect for tea parties or to pack in lunches. 

210g of plain flour (1 1/2 cups)

1 3/4 tsp baking powder

95g of granulated sugar (1/2 cup)

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

110g of solid white vegetable shortening (1/2 cup)

1 large free range egg, beaten

60ml of milk (1/4 cup)

1 large apple, peeled, cored and grated

30g of chopped nuts (1/4 cup) 

To finish:

120g butter, melted (1/2 cup)

cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat

(depends on how much you coat them.  Start with 95g (1/2 cup) sugar and 2 tsp of cinnamon mixed well together. 

Preheat the ovne to 180*C/350*F gas mark 4.   Butter a couple of large mini muffin tins very well.  Set aside.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and nutmeg.   Drop in the shortening and cut it in until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.  Stir in the nuts.  Beat togegther the egg and milk, add the apple and add this mixture all at once to the dry ingredients.  Mix together thoroughly.  The mixture will be thick.  Drop by TBS into the prepared muffin cups, filling them almost 2/3 full.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden brown.

Roll the hot baked donuts in the melted butter and then in the cinnamon sugar mixture.  Serve warm.  Any leftovers can be reheated at a low temperature.

Enjoy!  (These go down really well with a nice hot mug of cocoa!)