These apple cinnamon donuts are autumn in baked form — soft, cakey, and fragrant with warm spice and apple flavor in every bite. Rolled in cinnamon sugar after baking, they come out of the oven as something that tastes and smells exactly like an apple cider donut from a fall festival, but you made them yourself in 30 minutes. They’re the kind of bake that makes your kitchen smell incredible and makes everyone in the house drift toward the counter wondering what’s happening. Make them every fall without fail.
- Swap: Add a tablespoon of apple butter to the batter alongside the applesauce for a more concentrated apple flavor.
- Make-ahead: Bake donuts a day ahead and store unsealed; roll in cinnamon sugar the morning of serving for the freshest coating.
- Storage: Store at room temperature in a loosely covered container for up to 2 days — avoid airtight sealing so the cinnamon sugar stays slightly crisp.
- Variation: Dip in a simple apple cider glaze instead of cinnamon sugar for a glossy, bakery-style finish.
- Serving: Serve alongside hot apple cider or a pumpkin spice latte for the complete fall experience.
I think I need to change Monday’s to “Donut Monday’s”. 😉 I always seem to come up with a new donut Monday morning.. and fall in love all over again!! After a really cold walk out in a snow blizzard these apple cinnamon donuts were the perfect breakfast to warm me up, and my belly was thankful! 🙂 They are only 4 smart points or 2 points plus each!
Apple cinnamon donuts
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white flour
- 2 T white sugar
- 1 t baking powder
- 1 t cinnamon
- 1 t vanilla
- 1/2 t apple cider vinegar
- 2 T egg whites
- 1/3 cup almond milk, I use unsweetened original
- 1/2 cup diced apples, very small pieces
- 1 t white sugar & 1/2t cinnamon for topping
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350F, spray your donut pan and set aside.
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Peel and cut your apple into very small pieces.
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Mix dry ingredients together then add wet. Gently fold in your apples.
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Divide into 5 donuts in your pan. Mix the 1t of sugar and 1/2t cinnamon in a small bag, sprinkle on to the 5 donuts.
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Bake in oven for approx. 9-11 minutes, each donut is 4sp or 2pp.
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Nutritional info (not including the apple) per donut.. Calories 96… Fat 0.3g… Saturated fat 0g… Carbs 21… Fiber 0.7g… Sugars 11g… Protein 2g…
Tried these out. Unfortunately I don’t have a doughnut pan, I’ll rectify that soon enough. lol I just made rounds on a pizza pan and had basically doughnut flats or pancake flats, whatever you want to call them. lol But these were so yummy, I didn’t really care I didn’t have a doughnut pan.
Haha, it all taste the same regardless of how it looks right ๐ Glad you enjoyed!
Muffin tin OK? Or mini muffin tin? How big do you need?
I personally have not tried them in a muffin tin, but if I did I would use a mini muffin tin
Hello!
Put the ingredients into weight watchers app, but keep getting 3sp?
What do u think I did wrong?
hi, I only just started using the WW App to input recipes and compare with the nutritional info I get on myfitnesspal, so I am not sure, it is probably just different product as they vary so much, go with 3 if that is what your getting, all the better ๐ Hope you enjoy them!
They were excellen! Made the funfetti ones this morning as well!
Thank you for all your wonderful recipes you post!
I put these in my WW calculator and only come up with 3 SP.
Am I doing something wrong?
I changed no ingredient. The reason I did it was I wanted to see how it would change with Truvia instead of sugar. That made it 2 SP
Hi Kim, you can go with what your App says, the WW calculator can change depending where you live and what brands of products you buy.. Hope you enjoyed them
I see you have many recipes using donut pans. What size do you generally use? I saw different sizes at the store.
Hi Carole, I use the Wilton 6 hole regular size donut pan