Apple Coconut Doughnuts - Baked

Makes about 18 doughnuts

Doughnuts:
2-1/2 cups flour
2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup sugar
2/3 cup butter
1 cup milk
1 egg, well beaten
1 cup grated apple
1/2 cup shredded coconut

Topping:
1/3 cup melted butter
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and sugar. Cut in the butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs.

Mix together milk, egg, apple, and coconut; add all at once to flour mixture and mix quickly and thoroughly.

Fill buttered large muffin tins two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Remove from pan. Immediately dunk doughnut tops in melted butter and then in combined sugar and cinnamon.




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