What’s that you say? Back to schooool? Oh boy, August. What’s your DEAL! Cramming the world with back to school stuff already!? Yes – but these apple pie donuts with cinnamon glaze and crunchy apple chips can be eaten anytime, anywhere – in school, outta school, school of hard knocks, night school – no school…
Yeah, these apple cake toppers are pretty darn tootin’ cute. Plunk em into your donuts, or into a little sandwich, or use them to tell everyone you’ve made an apple pie without having to speak. Multi-functional, guys.
It’s been a real longo bongo time since I was in school. I graduated from my second degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Integrated Media (whuttt is that) back in 2006. Prior to that, this nerdball received a degree in Women’s Studies and Film Studies back in 2001. I loved school – every minute of it, and all the details that go along with it – especially recess and lunch, and little children’s lunchboxes. CUTE.
So the apple pie donut recipe – a little bite of donut heaven, cinnamon nutmeg with apple pie filling, and that satisfying mix of creamy glaze and crunchy topping! Happy chappy back to school times! Note: these are baked donuts using a donut baking pan. You will not regret welcoming one of these pans into your life.
Apple Pie Donuts
ingredients
For the donuts
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- ⅓ cup golden brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cinammon
- ¾ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup apple pie filling, chopped into small pieces
- 2 ⅔ cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup dried apple chips, broken into smaller pieces
For the cinnamon glaze
- 1 cup of icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinammon
- 7 teaspoons whole milk
instructions
Make the donuts
- In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, oil and sugars until smooth and creamy.
- Add the eggs, mixing to combine.
- Stir in the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and vanilla extract.
- Stir in the apple pie filling.
- Add the flour into the wet mixture, alternating with the milk until combined. Do not overmix.
- Fill your donut pans 3/4 full with the donut batter – use a piping bag or Ziploc bag with a snipped corner to pipe the batter!
- Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes, or until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Do not overbake!
- Remove donuts from pans and let cool on wire racks.
- Meanwhile, make the glaze: whisk together icing sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon and milk.
- Dunk the cooled donuts into the glaze and sprinkle liberally with the crunchy apple chip pieces.
Sarah
Yummy! Those donuts look absolutely delicious and your toppers are adorable. :) Beautiful creations! xoxo
jan
yum!
Tan of Squirrelly Minds
These look so so yummers! And the apple donut toppers are just perfection
Nancy @ gottagetbaked
By the time I was done with law school, I was pulling my hair out – I couldn’t wait to be done with school! But honestly, I always loved the feeling of going back to school. Even to this day, I get super nostalgic in August/September. I can still remember the feeling of walking to school in the cool fall air, smelling the gymnasium freshly waxed, wanting to go back-to-school shopping even though my family couldn’t afford to buy us new clothes/shoes, etc. Now that it’s been cool ‘n rainy in Vancouver these past few days, it really feels like fall. I’m already planning my Halloween/Christmas decorating and baking! These apple donuts would be perfect, Lydnsay. They look perfect and those apple toppers are too cute.
Joanna
I love the recipe and that extra special touch of adding decorations! I’m sure whoever ate those sweet little things appreciated them!
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