Baked Gingerbread Mini Donuts- December 2015

Ingredients-

For the Donuts:

• 1 cup flour
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ginger
• pinch of allspice
• pinch of cloves
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ brown sugar
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup applesauce
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 2 tablespoons melted butter

For the Glaze:

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons milk
• ¾ cup powdered sugar

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix all dry ingredients for the donuts
• Stir in moist ingredients. Pour batter into a gallon-sized plastic bag and cut the corner off.
• Pipe the batter into a greased mini-donut pan, filling each donuts space about ½ full.
• Bake for about 7-8 minutes and remove from oven. Take each donut out of the pan to cool aside.
• Onto the glaze… melt the butter and whisk in other ingredients. Keep over low heat to keep from crystalizing.
• Add the powdered sugar and use the last tablespoon of milk to think out the glaze if needed.
• Keep over low heat to prevent it from crystalizing. Dunk each mini donut into the glaze and set on wax paper. The glaze will set quickly.