Apple Cinnamon Baked Doughnut Holes

Name: Apple Cinnamon Baked Doughnut Holes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 14
Ingredients: 1 cup FOR THE DOUGHNUTS:; ½ cups All-purpose Flour; 1 teaspoon Sugar; ½ teaspoons Baking Powder; ¼ teaspoons Ground Cinnamon; ¼ teaspoons Ground Nutmeg; 1 whole Salt; ½ cups Extra Large Egg; 1 Tablespoon Whole Milk; 1 teaspoon Unsalted Butter, Melted Cooled To Room Temperature; 1 whole Vanilla Extract; 2 Tablespoons Large Apple (I Recommend Granny Smith Or Golden Delicious), Peeled, Cored; 1-¼ teaspoon FOR THE CINNAMON SUGAR COATING:; ¼ cups Unsalted Butter

These baked doughnut holes are bursting with apple flavor and are coated in a crispy cinnamon-sugar coating. All you need is a mini muffin tin!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients

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Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Apple Cinnamon Baked Doughnut Holes

Serves 14

Prep15 min

Cook12 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

958Calories

28 gProtein

27 gFat

149 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Apple	1 medium (182g)	95
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Cinnamon	1 tsp ground (2.6g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together11,917 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Cinnamon + vanillatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,287 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).
Milk + vanillatop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together19,187 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Flour + nutmegtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,623 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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