Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Heat oven 350F. Spray 12-cavity (or two 6-cavity) doughnut pans with no-stick baking spray. Or use a muffin tin.
- Place bread in a food processor and pulse to form fine crumbs. Add butter and pulse until small clumps form. Transfer crumbs to a bowl and set aside.
- In large bowl, whisk flour, spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt for 30 seconds or until well-mixed. Set aside.
- Place sugar and molasses in food processor and pulse until uniform in color. Add oil, vanilla, eggs and apple and pulse until blended.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry and fold together just until dry ingredients are moistened and mixture combined. Do not overmix.
- Transfer mixture to a piping bag, cut the tip and fill each cavity until three-quarters full. Or spoon the batter in if no piping bag available.
- Divide the reserved crumbs evenly over the top.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until doughnuts spring back when touched lightly with your index finger and are golden brown.
- Cool doughnuts in pan for 5 minutes before turning out on a wire rack. Arrange crumb-side up.
- Whisk icing ingredients together until smooth adding enough milk to desired consistency. Drizzle or pipe over the top of each doughnut.
Notes
To make apple pie spice: mix 2 teaspoons cinnamon, ½ teaspoon nutmeg, ¼ teaspoon allspice, ¼ teaspoon cardamom.
Substitute pumpkin pie spice for apple pie spice.
Store donuts in an airtight container.
A muffin pan can be used in place of a donut pan.
