Baked Apple Doughnuts For Abm

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup wheat germ
• 3 3/4 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 large grated apple
• 1 large egg
• 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 tablespoon fast rising yeast
• melted butter
• cinnamon sugar, for dipping

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients except cinnamon sugar and melted butter in the order recommended by your bread machine manufacturer.
• 2 start dough cycle.
• 3 when dough cycle is finished, remove dough from machine.
• 4 divide into 14 pieces and shape into donuts (or pat out and use cutters).
• 5 place on a baking sheet and let rise 30 minutes.
• 6 meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°f.
• 7 bake for 15-20 minutes or until browned. and done.
• 8 immediately brush each doughnut with butter and dip in cinnamon sugar.
• 9 to make without a bread machine:.
• 10 heat the milk to 110-115 degrees.
• 11 pour on top of the brown sugar and yeast, and let it sit for 5-10min.
• 12 add oil, egg and apple.
• 13 stir flour, salt and spices together and stir into yeast mixture.
• 14 turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
• 15 cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place until doubled.
• 16 punch down the dough, and roll it out 1/2 inch thick.
• 17 cut into doughnut shapes.
• 18 transfer doughnuts to a baking sheet.
• 19 wait to cut out the "hole" until you have transferred the doughnut to the baking sheet.
• 20 bake as above.