Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
 
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These Cinnamon Sugar Donuts will have you leaving the store bought ones where they belong. The butter melts the sugar perfectly on the top.
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Serves: 1 dozen
Ingredients
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Cinnamon sugar (I found a shaker that has cinnamon sugar combined)
  • ½ cup of confectioners sugar
  • 3 tbsp. butter
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a donut pan with spray butter. If you only have one pan you'll have to batches, 12 donuts total
  2. Mix the egg, applesauce, sugar, vanilla extract in a medium sized bowl. Add the flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon and salt and mix until combined.
  3. Gently pour into each donut mold, it should come to the top of the mold, don't over fill.
  4. Meanwhile, melt butter in microwave at 30 second intervals until it has completely melted. Mix the cinnamon sugar and confectioners sugar together and place on a plate.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow the donuts to cool for a few minutes before removing them. Place them on parchment paper. Dip the top of the donut in melted butter and dip it into the cinnamon sugar combination until the top is covered.
  6. Enjoy! Or package in a ziplock bag for a week.
Recipe by Momma's Meals at https://mommasmeals.org/homemade-cinnamon-sugar-donuts/