Apple Baked Donuts with Apple Cider Glaze
These delicious cinnamon apple baked donuts with apple cider glaze are so simple to make. Ready from start to finish in under 30 minutes and with a perfect apple cider glaze on top! The perfect fall breakfast!
Servings: 12 donuts
Ingredients
For the Donuts:
- 1 cup flour spooned and leveled
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup milk
- 2 Tbsp butter melted
- ⅓ cup plain Greek Yogurt
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 apple, med-small, grated I prefer gala or fuji
- 2-3 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Glaze:
- 1½ cup powdered sugar more as needed
- 2-3 Tbsp warmed apple cider*
- 1 Tbsp heavy cream
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- dash of cinnamon (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grate apples, or you can very small dice them. Leave the skin on or peel, up to you!
- In a medium bowl, whisk together milk, egg, sugar, vanilla, butter and yogurt.
- In a separate bowl, combine baking powder, flour, sea salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
- Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients and then fold in apples.
- Spoon or pipe batter into a greased donut pan and bake for about 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool completely and then whisk together glaze ingredients. Spread the glaze over top of the donuts or dunk them in and lay it on thick. You can alternatively stir about ½ tsp cinnamon with ½ cup of sugar and coat each donut in the mixture.
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Notes
*For a richer apple cider flavor in the glaze, heat about one cup of apple cider over medium-high heat for about 15-20 minutes or until reduced and thickened. This will make the glaze AMAZING, but it requires a bit more time and effort.
Storage: Store leftover donuts in an airtight container at room temperature for about 2-3 days or in the refrigerator for about 5 days. To freeze, just make sure they are completely cooled before transferring to the freezer. We like to individually wrap them and then place in a freezer bag.
If you don't have any apple cider, simply use milk or cream for the liquid in the glaze. I would not opt for apple juice as I find to have much less flavor, but if you do have it, you could still use it.
For a really nice glaze to set, you want the donuts COMPLETELY cooled before you ice them. If not, the glaze will melt into the donuts. This is not always a bad thing though!
I use plain Greek yogurt in my apple cinnamon donuts. You could use a vanilla Greek yogurt as well and have great results.
Make sure to spray the top of your donut pan as well. That way it is easy to get the donuts out in case they bake over at all.
Nutrition
Calories: 192kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 131mg | Potassium: 100mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 104IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 1mg