Apple-cider doughnuts a fall favorite
These doughnut-shaped cakes are flavored with apple cider and glazed with maple syrup. If you do not have a mini Bundt pan, you can use a regular Bundt pan and make a coffee cake; bake it in a 375-degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
APPLECIDER DOUGHNUTS
Yields 1 dozen
Serves 12
Active time: 30 minutes
Total time: 55 minutes
For the doughnuts: Approximately 3 tablespoons granulated sugar for preparing pans 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 large egg, lightly beaten 2/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup apple butter
1/3 cup pure maple syrup 1/3 cup apple cider
1/3 cup nonfat plain yogurt 3 tablespoons canola oil
For the maple glaze:
1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 to 1/3 cup pure maple syrup Directions: To make the doughnuts: Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Coat molds of a mini-Bundt pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle with granulated sugar, shaking out excess.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a mixing bowl; set aside. Whisk together egg, brown sugar, apple butter, maple syrup, cider, yogurt and oil in another bowl. Add dry ingredients, and stir just until moistened. Divide half the batter among the prepared molds, spooning about 2 generous tablespoonfuls of batter into each mold.
Bake until the tops spring back when touched lightly, 10 to 12 minutes. Loosen edges and turn the cakes out onto a rack to cool. Clean the mini-Bundt pan, then recoat it with cooking spray and sugar. Repeat with the remaining batter. To make the maple glaze: Combine confectioners’sugar and vanilla in a
bowl. Gradually whisk in enough maple syrup to make a coating consistency. Dip the shaped side (underside) of the “doughnuts” in the glaze to coat. Then set them, glazed-side up, on a rack over wax paper for a few minutes until the glaze has set. Recipe nutrition per serving:
290 calories; 4 grams fat (0 grams saturated, 2 grams monounsaturated); 18 milligrams cholesterol; 61 grams carbohydrate; 3 grams protein; 1 gram fiber; 340 milligrams sodium; and 89 milligrams potassium.
Exchanges: 4 other carbohydrate and 1 fat. EatingWell is a magazine and website devoted to healthy eating as a way of life. Find it online at www.eatingwell. com.