Soft, flavorful baked doughnuts that come with a whole lot of fall happiness in every bite. These delicious cake-like doughnuts are made with apple pie filling throughout and topped with some cinnamon sugar mixture.
Happy fall, everyone!
I know that “officially” it’s not a fall season until September 22nd, but I am one of those annoying people who starts to think pumpkins and fall leaves on September 1st. It’s surprising that I wait that long because I wish fall would start in August.
I know so many people who roll their eyes when PSLs hit the Starbucks menu and stores are starting to fill up with Halloween decorations. I can definitely agree with the Halloween decorations and Christmas decorations hitting the stores during the last days of summer but I am so ready to head over to a pumpkin patch, I don’t even care. I say, “Bring on the pumpkin, apple, and cinnamon recipes, the weather, and the colors of the fall!”
Fall is my absolute favorite season of the year and I can’t wait to watch some Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus, and Beetlejuice while making a bunch of pumpkin and apple caramel treats.
I couldn’t wait to celebrate the beginning of September, so I whipped up some delightful Apple Pie Doughnuts for my boy. They are just as thrilled for the fall season to be here because they love pumpkin and apple treats I always make for them. My little guy especially couldn’t wait for the start of the pumpkin season.
These doughnuts are really easy to make too. Baked doughnuts are always so quick and easy, you will be feasting on cakey, apple cinnamon deliciousness in about 40 minutes. Although, you may want to let the first batch cool and not burn your mouth like we always do. When it comes to cookies and doughnuts, we can never seem have any self-control to wait for them to cool down.
Apple Pie Baked Doughnuts
These delicious cake-like doughnuts are made with apple pie filling throughout and topped with some cinnamon sugar mixture.
Ingredients
- Apple pie filling:
- 2 gala apples should make about 1 ¼ cups diced
- 1 ½ tbsp. salted butter
- 3 tbsp. brown sugar
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
- 1 tbsp. flour
- Doughnuts:
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 3 tbsp. salted butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
- Topping:
- ¼ cup white granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp. cinnamon
- 1 tbsp. salted butter melted
Instructions
- Apple pie filling:
- Peel, core and dice apples.
- Heat up a sauce pot over medium heat. Add butter and sugar, mix well. Add diced apples and apple pie spice. Mix well, cover and cook until apples are softened.
- Take off the lid and stir in flour. The mixture will thicken. Mix and cook for about a minute. Take off heat.
- Doughnuts:
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease a doughnut pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla together until smooth.
- Sift in all dry ingredients and whisk until all incorporated.
- Add apple pie filling mixture and mix well using a spatula. (The mixture should not get much thinner.)
- Pour the batter into a piping bag. (You may have to use a large piping bag or do it in two batches.)
- Cut the tip off both piping bags, leaving only about 3/4 inch opening.
- Squeeze batter into the doughnut cups of the pan, in the half-circle motion. Make sure there is an even amount of batter all around.
- Bake for 11-12 minutes and let doughnuts cool on the wire rack, just until the doughnuts cooled enough to be handled.
- Melt butter in one little cup and mix sugar and cinnamon in a shallow bowl.
- Brush the top of the doughnut with a little butter and then dip it into the cinnamon sugar mixture, cover it evenly. Place back on the wire rack and repeat with all doughnuts.
Recipe Notes
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Liz
Will apple pie filling in a can work too? I have a can in my pantry if it works.
Angie
These sound great! I don’t have a doughnut pan, so I may try making them in a muffin pan.
pwickholm
Good Idea Angie!!! I was thinking I would stir all ingredients together & make in a loaf pan. I think the muffnis would be great though. It all lookes so tempting!!!
lyuba
Muffins would be a great idea too 🙂
Hina
Hey Lyuba…! your apple pie is amazing and delicious and looks so yummy.
Thanks for the sharing this recipe and keep share your new ideas.
Lyuba
Thank you, Hina. Enjoy!
Sunaina
hi lyuba…! your dish looks so delicious and yummy, i will make it like you form your recipe. Thanks for the sharing and keep shared your amazing ideas and recipes……!
Lyuba
Thank you, Sunaina! I hope it goes well.
Megan - The Emotional Baker
These doughnuts look amazing! Adding this apple pie filling is genius 🙂
Spanish to English
Love these apple pie baked doughnuts!
ankita
nice dishes
surveillancekart
Very nice snack. looks delicious. and healthier as well.
Steven Carpenter
How many donuts will this recipe make? I’m very excited to try it!
slope
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I loved your content, I’m happy to have such content.
Lori Chaplin
How many will this re ipe make?
lyuba
Hi Lori! Thank you for checking, for some reason the recipe didn’t carry it over from the old format. It makes about 14 doughnuts. Hope you enjoy them!
Pamela-jayne Mills
Love this recipe. Tried to sign up for email but says no longer available.
lyuba
Thank you so much, Pamela!
Can you tell me where you clicked on the link that was no longer available? I want to fix it but the links I’ve tried are working. Which one did you click?
Pamela-jayne mills
Hi, it was 1 of the bits at bottom on this page but I tried there and was able to sign up.
lyuba
Oh yes! Found it and fixed it 🙂 Thank you!
Carmel
Can you use canned apple pie filling?
lyuba
Hi Carmel!
It depends on the filling, you would just have to watch how thin it is. If it’s pretty juicy or thin, try to strain off any syrup or juices. You don’t want to add any liquid to the batter or it will be too runny.
If you can see, I add flour when making the apple filling to make it nice and thick so that there is no additional liquid to the batter.
Let me know how it works out!
Margie
What is “Apple Pie Spice”?
lyuba
Hi Margie!
Apple pie spice is a spice mix much like pumpkin pie spice. You can find it in the spice isle. It has cinnamon nutmeg and allspice 🙂
Andy Reed
thanks for the perfect recipe!
Cheryl
Hi Lyuba,
I was wondering if the dough could be made, put into a pastry bag, refrigerated and baked inthe morning? I would love to bring some warm doughnuts into work my co- workers.
lyuba
Hi Cheryl! I’ve never actually made this batter ahead of time but I have tried making pancake batter ahead of time and it never rose properly when cooked. I’m pretty sure that the reason is that baking powder reacts differently with cold ingredients. This batter only takes a few minutes to make because it’s just mixing of ingredients. You can definitely prepare the apple pie filling ahead of time though. Refrigerate the apple filling and warm it up for a few second in a microwave before mixing into the batter 🙂
I really hope this helps!