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Apple Cake Toppers + Apple Pie Donut Recipe

By Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

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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…

apple cake toppers - coco cake land

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.

apple pie donut recipe - coco cake land

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.

apple pie donut recipe - coco cake land

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 recipe - coco cake land
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Apple Pie Donuts

By: Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land
Makes: 1 dozen 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.

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  1. Sarah

    August 13, 2014 at 5:28 pm

    Yummy! Those donuts look absolutely delicious and your toppers are adorable. :) Beautiful creations! xoxo

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  2. jan

    August 14, 2014 at 1:22 am

    yum!

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  3. Tan of Squirrelly Minds

    August 14, 2014 at 7:39 am

    These look so so yummers! And the apple donut toppers are just perfection

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  4. Nancy @ gottagetbaked

    August 14, 2014 at 2:06 pm

    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.

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  5. Joanna

    August 15, 2014 at 2:53 am

    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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