BAKED APPLE DOUGHNUTS FOR ABM

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except cinnamon sugar and melted butter in the order recommended by your bread machine manufacturer.
• Start dough cycle.
• When dough cycle is finished, remove dough from machine.
• Divide into 14 pieces and shape into donuts (or pat out and use cutters).
• Place on a baking sheet and let rise 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until browned. and done.
• Immediately brush each doughnut with butter and dip in cinnamon sugar.
• To make without a bread machine:.
• Heat the milk to 110-115 degrees.
• Pour on top of the brown sugar and yeast, and let it sit for 5-10min.
• Add oil, egg and apple.
• Stir flour, salt and spices together and stir into yeast mixture.
• Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
• Cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place until doubled.
• Punch down the dough, and roll it out 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut into doughnut shapes.
• Transfer doughnuts to a baking sheet.
• Wait to cut out the "hole" until you have transferred the doughnut to the baking sheet.
• Bake as above.