Evolution RD’s Fall Favorites I Baked Apple Cider Donuts

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Fall is coming.The leaves are changing, and colder weather is approaching. Here are some of Evolution’s dietitian’s fall favorites!
  • “Hiking and watching the leaves change color.”
  • “Making my favorite fall recipe, meatloaf in a pumpkin!”
  • “Family vacations in the fall are my favorite! Trying new activities and local food.”
  • “Apple and pumpkin picking!”
  • “Spending the day with my family at Clark Farms.”
  • “Painting pumpkins with my kids.”
  • “Pumpkin picking and visiting local farms with my cousins.”
  • “Every year I make sausage and apple stuffed acorn squash!”
  • “I love to make chocolate caramel apples.”
  • “Drinking warm apple cider, yum!”
  • “Baking pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.”
Information gathered & adapted from: Evolution RD’s
Baked Apple Cider Donuts 
Servings: 16
Ingredients
For donuts:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 egg
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup apple butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup apple cider
3 teaspoons canola oil
For cinnamon sugar topping:
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 Tablespoons butter, melted
Preparation
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Spray donut molds with olive oil spray.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
4. In another large mixing bowl, whisk together the remaining donut ingredients.
5. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredient mixture, and whisk until well blended.
6. Pour the batter into each donut mold until it is about 3/4 full.
7. Bake for 15 minutes and allow to cool on wire rack. While the donuts bake, mix together the sugar and cinnamon for the cinnamon sugar topping.
8. Brush each side of the donut with melted butter and coat with cinnamon sugar mixture. Enjoy!
Serving Size: 1 donut
Nutrition Information per Serving: 235 calories, 5 grams total fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 51 grams carbohydrate, 1.1 grams fiber, 2 grams protein, 185 milligrams sodium, 80 milligrams potassium, 34 grams sugar

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