Apple Donuts

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Apple donuts are moist, soft and fluffy baked donuts filled with cozy warming spiced and fresh apples. These applesauce donuts are rolled in a crunchy cinnamon sugar coating.

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Preheat the oven to 375 (190 C). Grease two 6 ct. donut pans.

Step 1:  

In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, ground cardamom and salt together until well combined.

Step 2:  

In another large bowl, pour the whisk the melted butter, light brown sugar, an egg, buttermilk, and applesauce together until smooth and well combined. Mix the dry ingredients to the wet until well combined. Peel and shred an apple. Mix the shredded apple into the donut batter.

Step 3:  

Spoon or pipe the apple donut batter into each of the prepared donut cavities in the donut pan. This should fill about ¾ of each cavity of the donut pan.

Step 4:  

Bake the donuts for about 12 - 14 minutes. The donuts are done when the tops bounce back quickly when lightly pressed.

Step 5:  

Cool the donuts in the pan for 5 minutes before gently taking them out to cool on a cooling rack.

Step 6:  

While the apple donuts cool, melt the butter in one bowl and whisk the cinnamon and sugar until well combined. Dip both sides of the cooled donut into the melted butter. Quickly roll the entire baked donut into the cinnamon sugar mixture.

Step 7:  

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