I am excited to share one of my favorite apple recipes with you today, these amazing Caramel Apple Baked Donuts!
The beauty of these delicious treats is the fact that they are baked and not fried, which I like to pretend makes these a healthy treat 😉
These donuts are made with fresh apple cider and shredded apples and topped with a homemade caramel sauce. They are such a fun fall treat when apple season rolls around.
You will need a donut baking pan to make them. You can buy a donut baking pan here.
Gather these ingredients to make your Caramel Apple Donuts.
Then scroll down for the full Caramel Apple Donuts recipe, including measurements and instructions, plus a printable recipe card to make things easy in the kitchen.
Caramel Apple Donuts Ingredients
(yields 12-14)
Donut batter:
- Flour
- Sugar
- Baking Powder
- Nutmeg
- Cinnamon
- Salt
- Buttermilk or (3/4 cup Milk + 1/4 tsp Lemon juice or White Vinegar)
- Eggs
- Butter
- Apples
Topping:
- Caramels
- Milk
- Nuts
How to Make Caramel Apple Donuts
Add lemon juice to milk (buttermilk substitute).
Preheat oven to 425
Grease Donut pan. You can find one here if you don’t have one.
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt in large bowl.
Add buttermilk, eggs and butter.
Stir just until well mixed.
Fold in shredded apples.
Fill each ring about 2/3 but make sure it doesn’t top center hole.
Bake about 8 minutes, until tops rebound when pressed.
Leave donut in pan for about 5 minutes.
Remove from pan and set on cooling rack.
Unwrap caramels and place in small sauce pan.
Add milk and heat over low heat stirring frequently until melted.
Allow to cool until warm.
Dip cooled donuts in caramel and place on rack.
Sprinkle top with chopped nuts.
Wait for glaze to set.
Caramel Apple Baked Donuts
Ingredients
- Donut batter:
- 2 cup Flour
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup Buttermilk or 3/4 cup Milk + 1/4 tsp Lemon juice or White Vinegar
- 2 beaten Eggs
- 2 tbsp melted Butter
- 3/4 cup shredded Apples
- Topping:
- 11 oz Kraft Caramels
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 1/4 cup chopped Nuts
Instructions
- Add lemon juice to milk (buttermilk substitute).
- Preheat oven to 425
- Grease Donut pan
- Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt in large bowl.
- Add buttermilk, eggs and butter.
- Stir just until well mixed.
- Fold in shredded apples.
- Fill each ring about 2/3 but make sure it doesn’t top center hole.
- Bake about 8 minutes, until tops rebound when pressed.
- Leave donut in pan for about 5 minutes.
- Remove from pan and set on cooling rack.
- Unwrap caramels and place in small sauce pan.
- Add milk and heat over low heat stirring frequently until melted.
- Allow to cool until warm.
- Dip cooled donuts in caramel and place on rack.
- Sprinkle top with chopped nuts.
- Wait for glaze to set.
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Nutrition
Nutritional information is automatically calculated with ingredients and serving size and may not be accurate. Please always double check with your own nutritional apps as well.
If using the mini donut pan how long do the cook
I haven’t tried to make these using a mini pan before so I am not sure how long to cook using one.
Do you dip the entire donut or just the tops?
I’d just dip the tops, but it really depends on how much you like the nuts and want to cover it with them.