Baked Whole Wheat Apple Cider Doughnuts

By sunshinemom

Ingredients

• mini bundt pans or a donut pan (muffin pans will work in a pinch)
• 2 cups white whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup finely chopped apple
• 1/3 cup pure maple syrup (the real stuff!)
• 1/3 cup apple cider
• 1/3 cup plain yogurt (I used Greek)
• 3 T oil
• cinnamon sugar

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from sunshinemom.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

*Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg and set aside.
*Chop your apple into medium size pieces.
*Use a mini chopper or food processor to finely chop or even puree the apple. I like little bits of apple in the donuts, so I don't puree. I used a large apple so I ended up only using about 3/4 of it.
*In a large mixer bowl(I used my KitchenAid with the whisk attachment), whisk together the egg, brown sugar, apple, maple syrup, cider, yogurt, and oil.
*Switch to the paddle attachment or a large spoon and add half of the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.
*Then add the rest of the dry. Don't overmix!
*Grease whatever pan you are using. I just used pan spray. Then coat it with cinnamon sugar.
*Spoon the donut dough into your selected pan. If you are using a mini bundt, be careful not to overfill. I filled my less than half full and made sure not to cover the middle separation so that I would get a real donut shape.
*Bake at 325 for 10-15 minutes. My mini bundts needed the full 15 minutes. While they are baking, ready a small bowl with cinnamon sugar.
*When they are done baking, loosen the edges with a knife and then turn out into your bowl of cinnamon sugar.
*Completely coat all sides.
*Enjoy!