Vegan Baked Apple Pie Donuts
These vegan baked apple pie donuts have a tart-sweet maple-apple glaze and the warmth of nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger. And they're whole-wheat.
Servings: 18 donuts
Calories: 191kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup whole wheat pastry flour or 1 cup whole wheat flour + ¾ cup all purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 ½ cups applesauce
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon molasses (optional but I really like the richness of flavor it adds)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup avocado oil or any neutral oil
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
For the glaze
- ¼ cup maple syrup (can add up to ½ cup for sweeter donuts)
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- A pinch of nutmeg
- 1 apple peeled, cored, then grated coarsely
- 2 tablespoon nondairy milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt.
- In a larger bowl,beat together the oil, applesauce, sugar, vanilla extract, and molasses if using. You can do this with a handheld whisk or with electric beaters or in a stand mixer. Make sure everything is thoroughly integrated.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet in two batches and stir just until everything has blended together. Don't overwork the batter.
- Spray a donut pan lightly with oil. If you have more than one, lucky you, because this batter makes 18 donuts. I had to hang around the kitchen to get my one pan in and out of the oven three times.
- Fill the wells of the donut pan nearly to the top, but make sure you don't cover the center, or your donut won't have a hole. :)
- Bake the donuts 18-20 minutes for each batch, or until a toothpick near the center comes out with a few dry crumbs sticking to it.
- Turn the donuts on to a rack and let them cool thoroughly before glazing.
- Make the glaze:
- In a saucepan, place the apple, maple syrup, spices and bring to a boil. Lower the heat until the liquid simmers, and let it cook about 10 minutes until the apples are really soft.
- Add the nondairy milk, stir in, and turn off the heat. Let the glaze cool until it's lukewarm.
- Glaze the donuts while they're still warm, either by pouring on the glaze or brushing it on.
Nutrition
Serving: 1donut | Calories: 191kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 68mg | Potassium: 132mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 19IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg