Apple Pie Protein Donuts
Fluffy baked donuts filled with warm apple pie filling and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Bakery-style flavor with a protein boost.
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SERVINGS: 8
Ingredients
Dough:
- 2 ¾ cups bread flour
- 2 tbsp protein powder vanilla
- 2 ¼ tsp active dry yeast 1 packet
- ¼ cup monkfruit sweetener
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 egg room temperature
- ½ cup warm milk 100–110°F
- ½ cup warm unsweetened applesauce 100–110°F
- 3 tbsp softened butter
Filling:
- 2 apples peeled + diced
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp flour
Coating:
- ¾ cup monkfruit sweetener
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
Enable step-by-step mode- Mix warm milk, applesauce, and 1 tbsp sweetener. Sprinkle yeast, stir, and let sit 5–10 min until foamy.
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, protein, sugar, and salt. Add yeast mixture, egg, and butter. Mix into a sticky dough.
- Knead 8–10 min until smooth. Place in greased bowl, cover, and rise 1–1.5 hrs until doubled.
- Make filling: cook apples with butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour until thickened. Cool fully.
- Punch down dough, roll ½-inch thick, cut into rounds. Place on tray, cover, rise 30 mins.
- Bake at 350°F for 10–12 mins until golden but soft.
- Roll apple pie donuts in cinnamon sugar. Pipe in cooled apple filling.