Mini Gingerbread Doughnuts
Submitted by: Kim L.

Ingredients:
For The Donuts
1 cup flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
pinch of allspice
pinch of cloves
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup apple butter (you can also use applesauce)
2 Tbs. maple syrup
2 Tbs. milk
2 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted
For The Glaze
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 Tbs. milk
2 Tbs. unsalted butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Directions:
For The Donuts
Preheat the oven to 350 and lightly grease a mini donut pan by spraying it with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, salt, and brown sugar.
Add the egg, apple butter, maple syrup, milk, and butter. Mix all ingredients until just combined.
Place the batter into a large Ziploc bag and cut off the tip of one corner. Fill each donut tin halfway full with the batter.
Bake
donuts for 7-8 minutes, or just until they are cooked through. As soon
as the donuts are cool enough to touch, remove them to a wire rack so
they can finish cooling. Prepare the glaze while the donuts are cooling.
For The Glaze
Melt
the butter with the brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Bring the mixture to a boil and allow it to boil for approximately 2
minutes, whisking and watching it carefully so it doesn’t burn.
Add
the milk and allow the mixture to come to a boil again. Add the
powdered sugar and whisk until smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add a
few extra drops of milk.
Turn the heat to low and dip the donuts
into the warm glaze (be careful not to touch the glaze with your
fingers). Set the glazed donuts aside and allow the glaze to harden
(this will happen almost immediately).
Serve once glaze has set.
