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Baked Apple Cinnamon Donut Holes

These baked donut holes are vegan, perfectly soft, and just the ticket for a crisp fall morning.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Cooling time10 minutes
Total Time32 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: vegan, applesauce, spelt, coconut sugar, fall, easy
Servings: 16 Donut holes
Author: thymeforhoney

Equipment

  • Mini muffin tin

Ingredients

  • ½ cup applesauce
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp flax meal + 4 tbsp water
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp allspice
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp melted coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp coconut sugar
  • ¼ cup coconut milk or almond milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ cup spelt flour

Cinnamon Sugar

  • 1 tbsp coconut sugar
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp melted coconut oil

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease a mini muffin tin and set aside.
  • In a small bowl, stir together the applesauce and baking soda. Set aside.
  • Using a medium mixing bowl, add the ingredients from the flax meal down to the vanilla. Stir to combine.
  • Add in the applesauce mixture along with the flours and stir until just combined.
  • Scoop one heaping tablespoon of batter into each muffin cup, filling 16 holes.
  • Bake for 12 minutes. Allow the donut holes to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then on a cooling rack for 5 minutes.
  • Place warm donut holes in a medium mixing bowl, drizzle with a teaspoon of coconut oil then toss them with the cinnamon sugar mixing. Repeat the process once more.
  • Enjoy!