Baked apple donuts
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Why they are called donuts, I have no idea. Might be because the batter is prepared in much the same way as one prepares donut batter. In some websites they are called baked apple donuts holes. But they are neither donuts nor donut holes, baked or otherwise. There wouldn’t be holes if there were no donuts and since I made no donuts, they couldn’t be holes. They were more of a specialty bread. Muffins even. But donuts or donut holes, I think not. Whatever they are, they are really, really good. Not too sweet, crusty outside, soft inside. And the topping adds an exotic aroma and wonderful texture that no frosting can.
My husband, Speedy, fell in love with them the moment he saw them in a community food site. He sent me a text message yesterday and suggested we — well, I — bake a batch of apple donuts. Why not? So bright and early this morning, just as soon as the supermarket opened (actually I was at the supermarket five minutes before it opened), I bought apples. Adapted from a recipe contributed at Tasty Kitchen, I used butter instead of vegetable shortening and I changed the amount of a few other ingredients too.
Makes 9 large donuts/donuts holes/muffins.
Ingredients:
2 apples (I used Fuji apples)
1-1/2 c. of all-purpose flour
1/2 c. of sugar
1-3/4 tsps. of baking powder
1/2 tsp. of salt
1 tsp. of ground nutmeg
1/3 c. of cold butter, cut into small pieces
1 egg
1/4 c. of milk
For the topping:
1/4 c. of butter, melted
1/3 c. of sugar
1 tsp. of cinnamon powder
Peel and roughly chop the apples.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and nutmeg. Add the butter to the flour mixture. Rub the butter against the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Beat the egg. Pour in the milk and stir lightly. Add the chopped apples to the egg-milk mixture.
Pour the apple-egg-milk mixture to the flour-butter mixture. Stir (a fork is most useful) just until blended. DO NOT overmix. The batter will be a bit stiff.
Form the batter into loose balls and place in the holes of a muffin pan. If you’re not using a non-stick pan, brush the holes lightly with softened butter.
Bake at 350oF for 25 minutes.
While the donuts/donuts holes/muffins are baking, prepare the topping. Measure the sugar and cinnamon powder into a bowl. Stir to combine.
When the donuts/donuts holes/muffins are done, remove from the oven. Use a teaspoon to remove them from the pan. While still warm, dip the tops in melted butter them dredge in the sugar-cinnamon mixture.
Serve warm while crusty — with coffee for a total experience. Enjoy!
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Edited on August 6, 2009 at 11.37 a.m.
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Just by the ingredients, I can imagine how this would taste. It has all my favorite ingredients.
I was surprised, actually, at how the texture turned out. Super. A definite must-bake-again.
OMG! It looks so good. Do you think that if I use Granny Smith apples, it will come out too tart? If I use the mini muffin pan, will baking time be shorter? I just enjoy reading your recipes. Thank you.
Yes, you’ll have to reduce the baking time if you want them smaller. If you use Granny Smith apples, you may have to have to adjust the amount of sugar. I think the tart-sweet combo will work fine though.
Hi Ms. Connie,
I wonder if its ok to do without the nutmeg? Would there be a big effect in the taste?
Thanks!
You can try ditching the nutmeg, I guess, but cinnamon and nutmeg go so well together…
wow, looks good. im not a big fan of cinnamon but my sister is. she can eat cinnamon rolls everyday na hindi nagsasawa grabe. i’ll be making this for her for a change before she leaves for the states. thank you ms. cons. naiinspire talaga ako sayo mag-bake ng mag bake. pwede rin siguro ibang fruits gamitin besides apples..?
pwedeng mag-request?
no not to send me food samples, though pwede din…
pwede bang palagay naman nung pictures sa mga print pages mo… it helps hehe
Ummmm isipin ko hehehehe
puro printing request ‘no?
BTW, naka-marinate na yung Chicken namin last night, ready for tonight’s 1-2-3 meal he he
wow parang ang sarap. a perfect snack for the rainy season. para po syang puffs, how the dices of apples peep through the bread.
This looks delish! We often have Apples, the red delicious kind. I cant wait to try these, this will surely give me enough reason to have an apple picking activity with my family in the Fall. This is wonderful Connie, your website has been my go-to site for the fresh, the new and the familiar with the twist for recipes I cook in my kitchen.
These look so good. Even though baked in a muffin tin, the texture is more like a pastry from the photo. Looks delicious, good fall recipe!
These sound great, donut or not!! yum!
this is sooo cute! apple donuts! never heard of them and i wished i had sooner!:P
small apples o big apples that you used? pwede kya ibng fruits instead of apple lyk peach?whats the taste kya?
The amount, after dicing, should be between a cup and a cup and a half.
Got me hooked. I know these will hook my daughter, too. Thanks! I can smell them coming out of the oven now *dreaming*
My waistline started weeping as soon as I saw these. They look delicious!
it tasted ok but i guess i must it try with the nutmeg too. hindi rin umalsa kaya nagmukha syang muffins instead of donuts. wala nang bisa ang baking powder namin… hehehe!
dapat ulitin lahat with new ingredients.
maybe sa weekend.
Thanks Ms. Connie!!!
The recipe looked simple enough and I had a lot of green apples so I tried it last night, aba si hubby nung matikman ang sabi bakit daw ang konti ng ginawa ko hehe. Yummy recipe.
Thanks heaps Ms. Connie, this is sooo yummy and sooo easy to make. I already had 2.Lol! (Never mind the waistline). I managed to make 12 donuts, mind you I used a medium size muffin tin.. Thanks again you’re the best!!
Connie I made these yesterday and they were so good! Nutmeg definitely gave it the doughnut taste. They were more like muffins to my son but I am thinking about investing in mini bundt pans to use for this recipe so they will take the shape of a doughtnuts.I used 2 small red delicious, grated them for my meticulous son. He loved them and so did his playmates. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Hi Ms. Connie, is it okay to use margarine instead of butter?
Yes but the aroma and flavor will be different.
Wow! Looks delicious! I’m a guy and don’t know how to cook.. but I guess I’ll start learning cooking from now on. I love your site ma’m Connie. more power!
hi miss sassy, what kind of milk did you use? the sort of ready to drink fresh milk or evap perhaps? thanks!
P.S. i’ve sent a friend invitation in your facebook, hoping you’ll accept it, the name is Shayne
I use skim milk, the ready-to-drink kind. I’ll check FB later.
Yay thanks miss sassy
Hi Ms. Connie,
it’s me again…idol talaga kita when it comes to cooking and baking! i will absolutely try your baked apple donuts.
thanks thanks thanks…
Came across your website while searching for a banana cake recipe that does not require a few extra ingredients. Looked through some of your recipes and decided to add it as a favourite for my filipino cooking. Looks practical and not time consuming as compared to other filipino cooking methods, especially for busy people. And your ingedients are those that you normally stock in your (filipino)pantry. Will definitely recommend to Filipinos abroad.
Hi Connie,
These apple donuts/muffins are good even when they are cold. I have to make some more tomorrow for Rochelle to bring with her back to college. Just the smell of the kitchen while baking these goodies gives me a happy feeling. Will add some chopped walnuts to one batch. Thanks again.
Whoa — walnuts! I’ll do that too! Speedy’s been asking when I’ll bake the next batch.
A bit of a disaster coz some of the first batch got burned. And also I couldn’t form them into balls, must be the “overmixing” part. Talagang di ako baker
PERO given all that e masarap pa din ang kinalabasan. Sabi ni pogiBoy apple pie daw hehe
Ang bango po talaga.
i tried this last week. naging parang muffin siya pero masarap parin
That’s the correct texture — muffin-like.
Just made these with my 12 yr old son – they don’t look like yours – they didn’t poof at all – but taste great. I subbed cinnamon for nutmeg as I didn’t have any – will try another time with the nutmeg. Thanks
They don’t rise much, actually. They just brown slightly.