Baked cinnamon-applesauce doughnuts

36 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 packs Dry yeast
5¾ cup All-purpose flour,divided
½ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
¼ cup Margarine,melted and divided
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
¼ cup Warm water (105-115degrees)
1¼ cup Unsweetened applesauce
⅓ cup Margarine
½ teaspoon Salt
2 xes Eggs
½ cup Sugar

Directions

Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes.

Add 3 cups flour, applesauce, and next 6 ingredients; beat at low speed of an electric mixer until moistened. Beat at meduim speed for an additional 2 minutes. Stir in 2 cups of flour, ½ cup at a time, to form a soft dough. Turn out onto a well-floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic(about 5 minutes); add enough remaining flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent dough from sticking to hands. Place dough in a bowl coated with cooking spray, turning to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, 1 hour or until doubled in bulk. Punch dough down, and turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll dough to ½ inch thickness; cut with a lightly floured 2½ inch doughnut cutter. Combine doughnut holes and any remaining scraps of dough; reroll to ½ inch thickness and cut as before. Place doughnuts on baking sheets coated with cooking spray; brush 2 tablespoons melted margarine over doughnuts. Let rise, uncovered, in a warm, draft-free place for 40 minutes. Combine ½ cup sugar and 1 teaspoon in a large zip-top heavy-duty plastic bag, and set aside. Bake doughnuts at 425 degrees for 8 minutes or until golden. Immediately brush remaining 2 tablespoons melted margarine over baked doughnuts; add doughnuts to plastic bag. Seal the bag and shake to coat. Yield: 3 dozen doughnuts; serving size= 1 doughnut.

118 calories 3.4g fat

From Cooking Light Magazine Holiday 1992 issue Typed by Laura Canada Submitted By JR BYERS On 12-11-94

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