Applesauce Doughnuts

Try these fall-flavored applesauce doughnuts sprinkled with confectioners' sugar for an old-fashioned taste treat. Bet you can't eat just one!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 374 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 quarts oil for frying
• 0.25 cup milk
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.5 cup white sugar
• 2.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cloves
• 0.25 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 0.5 teaspoon nutmeg

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat oil in a deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt together onto a piece of waxed paper.

Step 3

In a large bowl, beat sugar, brown sugar, and eggs with an electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in 2 tablespoon oil. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture, alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients, until well blended. Stir in applesauce and vanilla.

Step 4

Carefully drop batter by level tablespoons, 3 or 4 at a time, into the hot oil; do not overcrowd the pan or the oil may overflow. Fry, turning once with tongs, for 3 minutes or until golden. Transfer with tongs to paper towels to drain. Cool completely before eating.