Categories: Breakfast
Ingredients
- Batter:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 2 cups diced apples
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- Topping:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Directions
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Step 1
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cavity mini doughnut pans.
- Step 2
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Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a large bowl; mix together with a fork until combined. Add shortening and mix with the fork until broken up into small clumps.
- Step 3
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Mix together apples, milk, and eggs in a separate bowl. Add to flour mixture and stir just until blended. Spoon batter into the prepared doughnut pans.
- Step 4
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Bake doughnuts in the preheated oven until slightly browned on the bottoms, about 10 minutes. Remove from pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Step 5
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While doughnuts are cooling, place melted butter for topping in a shallow bowl. Mix together 1 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon in another shallow bowl. Dip cooled doughnuts in butter and then in sugar mixture to coat.