Apple Pie Doughnuts with a Maple Brown Sugar Glaze

Not only do these have such an cosy autumnal feel to them, they're also pretty easy- no frying, kneading or rising, with it's quick one-bowl cake batter taking the work out of the lengthy process usually associated with donuts.

I used a mini donut pan to bake two dozen of these, but feel free to make 6 normal size donuts in a regular donut pan. Just increase the baking time to 15-20 minutes.

Recipe- makes 24 mini doughnuts or 6 regular doughnuts

Ingredients

50g butter, melted

25g caster sugar

50g brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

1 tbs Greek yoghurt

100g self-raising flour

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

50g milk (around 1/4 cup)

For the sauteed apple

half an apple, finely diced

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tsp maple syrup

small knob of unsalted butter

For the maple brown sugar glaze

approx. 60g icing sugar (around 1 cup)

2 tsp maple syrup

1 tsp brown sugar

pinch of salt

approx. 1-2 tbs water

Preheat oven to 180°C, or 350°F and grease either a 24 hold mini doughnut pan, or a 6 hole regular doughnut pan. If not available, feel free to use mini muffin pans, or normal sized muffin pans instead.

For the apple, in a small saucepan, add all ingredients for sauteed apples, and cook over medium heat until apple slightly caramelises and starts to soften, around 5 minutes. Remove from heat and leave to cool while you go on with the cake batter.

For the batter, add the butter, both sugars and vanilla to a mixing bowl. Whisk until the mixture becomes slightly pale and thick. Add the egg and yoghurt, and whisk for another couple of minutes until well incorporated. Add flour and spices, and stir with a spatula until just combined. Pour in milk and whisk until just combined. Add cooled apples and fold in.

Spoon or pipe into doughnut pans, filling to 2/3 or 3/4 of the way up. For mini donuts, bake for 7-9 minutes, for regular donuts bake for 15-20 minutes. Leave to cool in the pans for 2-5 minutes, the remove to a wire rack.

For the glaze, add icing sugar, maple syrup, brown sugar and salt in a small bowl. Gradually stir in the water, adding enough to make a drippy and smooth glaze. If it becomes too thin, add more icing sugar.

Once doughnuts have cooled, dip into glaze and leave to set on a wire rack or plate. Once glaze has hardened, serve.

DIFFICULTY	INGREDIENTS	PREP TIME	COOK TIME
Medium	14	20 minutes	7-20 minutes