Mini Apple Fritter Waffle Donuts

🍩🍎 Mini Apple Fritter Waffle Donuts ✨🧇
Crispy edges, soft inside, loaded with warm cinnamon apples and finished with a vanilla glaze. These taste like bakery fritters + waffles in one!
Ingredients
Donuts
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
⅛ tsp salt
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
¼ cup milk
2 tbsp melted butter
½ tsp vanilla extract
½ cup finely chopped apple (Granny Smith or Honeycrisp)
Apple Fritter Mix-In
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp brown sugar
½ tsp cinnamon
½ cup diced apples
Glaze
½ cup powdered sugar
1–2 tbsp milk
½ tsp vanilla
Instructions
1️⃣ Cook the Cinnamon Apples
Melt butter in a pan. Add diced apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Cook 3–4 minutes until soft and caramelized. Set aside.
2️⃣ Make the Batter
In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt & sugar.
Add egg, milk, melted butter, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
Fold in chopped apples and caramelized apple mixture.
3️⃣ Cook in the Waffle Maker
Preheat waffle maker and lightly grease.
Spoon batter into mini donut or waffle cavities.
Cook 3–4 minutes until golden and fluffy.
4️⃣ Glaze
Whisk powdered sugar, milk & vanilla until smooth.
Dip warm donuts into glaze or drizzle generously on top.