Make Baked Cinnamon Applesauce Doughnuts

Here is a delicious recipe for cinnamon applesauce doughnuts. They are sweet, good, and very good match for any beverage.

Serving size: 36

Ingredients

Dissolve the yeast in warm water in a large bowl and let it stand 5 minutes.
Add three cups flour, applesauce, and the next 6 ingredients (see ingredients): beat at low speed of electric mixer until moistened.
Beat at medium speed for an additional 2 minutes.
Stir in 2 cups of flour, 1/2 cups at a time, to form a soft dough.
Turn out onto a well-floured surface.
Knead until smooth and elastic(about 5 minutes); add enough remaining flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent dough from sticking to hands.
Place dough in a bowl coated with cooking spray. Turn over to coat top.
Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
Punch dough down, and turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
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Combine doughnut holes and any remaining scraps of dough; re roll to {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} thickness and cut as before.
Place doughnuts on baking sheets coated with cooking spray; brush {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}} melted margarine over doughnuts.

Let rise, uncovered, in a warm, draft-free place for 40 minutes.
Combine 1/2 sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a large zip-top heavy duty plastic bag, and set aside.
Bake doughnuts at 425 degrees for 8 minutes or until golden.
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Seal the bag and shake to coat.
Finished.