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  • Makes 10-15
  • 35 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 6 Ingredients
May 6, 2025

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°These delectable treats are the perfect shortcut to tackling a doughnut craving, without any need for hot oil or making dough. And they’re so easy the kids can make them!

Flaky pastry, spiced Kanzi apples, and a touch of sweetness, these doughnuts are pure comfort in every bite.

Adding Kanzi apples is the secret to elevating pastries and pies from good to amazing! The delicious balance of sweet and tangy flavours in Kanzi apples make them ideal for baking. Sweet, complex and moreish – not too sugary, just like in these Puff Pastry KANZI® Apple ‘Doughnuts’.

The delicious sweet and tangy flavour of Kanzi apples make them perfect for sweet treats and baking, as unlike other tart varieties of apples, there’s less need for added sugar.


Ingredients (makes 10-15 )

  • 2 large KANZI® apples
  • 1 puff pastry sheet, thawed at room temperature for 5 - 10 minutes
  • 2 tbsp white sugar
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp water (cool or room temperature)

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 200°C.
  2. On a clean chopping board, slice the Kanzi apples horizontally through the core into slices approximately 0.5cm thick, yielding about 10-15 slices.
  3. Use a small cookie cutter to remove the cores from the Kanzi apple slices, forming a doughnut ring shape.
  4. Combine the white sugar and ground cinnamon in a shallow bowl.
  5. Dip each Kanzi apple ring into the cinnamon-sugar mixture, ensuring they're evenly coated.
  6. Cut the puff pastry into strips roughly 2cm wide using a knife.
  7. Wrap each Kanzi apple ring with the puff pastry strips. You'll need about 3 strips per Kanzi apple ring for complete coverage, or 2 strips to leave some gaps. Place each ring onto a lined baking tray.
  8. Lightly beat the egg with the water, then brush it over the puff pastry. Sprinkle a pinch of cinnamon-sugar on top.
  9. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the puff pastry turns a golden-brown colour.
  10. Serve immediately, dusted with icing sugar

  • I’m sure I’ve looked at these before, but somehow didn’t make them. My daughter is really keen on doing some baking, and I might offer her this recipe to try. I think the whole family would scarf them down, and that would be great for her confidence. It doesn’t look too hard, just fiddly.

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  • Wow this looks like a delicious recipe to make. Thank you for all the instructions and the photo looks amazing. I love Kanzi apples and to have them made into a pastry doughnut sounds lipsmackingly good. Thank you for the easy recipe to make as it makes it do-able for most. Can’t wait to try this.

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  • Heading to woolies right now to get all of the ingredients! This seems like a delicious treat but also one my kids could easily help me make. Im always on the hunt for easy recipes to involve my not so cooking savvy kids. This looks delicious and so easy. I wonder how they’d go in an air fryer over the oven

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  • I love this recipe, it is such a winner in our house! It is deceptively easy and is something that my daughter has loved helping me make in the kitchen multiple times in the last few weeks. Its a great family friendly recipe which is quick, fun and easy to make.

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  • I always wanted to try simple and delicious but also a healthy maybe little healthier than other desserts for my kids as snacks ideas. I love this recipe when I see apples on it. Actually a great way to treat people on a party with this pretty designs. Thank you

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  • What a brilliant dessert idea.
    My Man has a sweet tooth and I love to surprise him with a good dessert and im sure this one will thrill him.
    I love that this is very simple and easy to make. Doesnt require 50 million steps or ingredients.
    Great served with icecream

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  • Easy and delicious! I used brown sugar because I prefer the taste and caramel of it and a bit extra cinnamon! I’ve since experimented with grated apple and cinnamon strips using this recipe for quick treats. Little man, the neighbour and I both love them! Not too sweet and a nice crunch!

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  • These Puff Pastry Apple ‘Doughnuts’ look so delicious. I love that you don’t need to use hot oil in the making of these and that they are easy enough to make with the kids. I love doughnuts and am looking forward to trying this recipe the next time my Grandson is over to give me a hand.

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  • Oh Yes please these look delicious simple recipe to follow as well I have not heard of Kanzi apples before will have to go check them out next time when doing groceries.

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  • I love this idea, I’m always looking for new baking ideas with fruit and I think this is something that my daughter will not only want to help me make but will also actually eat the finished result. The method looks easy enough but the final product looks like you put in a lot of time and effort.

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  • Oh, these do sound very tempting and a little on the healthy side. I love baked goods and the cinnamon is always a great mix with apples. I think I’d have to eat these hot with a nice warm custard though. So many great recipes on this site. Love it.

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  • What a delicious looking treat! Definitely adding to my list of dessert items to make that my family will like. They look so good, i would definitely add warm custard to them on a cold winter night dessert and a side of hot chocolate mug. My girls should definitely love these.

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  • What a fab treat!! I definitely think more people need to make dessert include a fruit of some kind. I hear so many parents speaking to thier kids about getting a treat and then taking them to lollies or chocolates. They then associate sugar as fun things to have that make you happy, I think we need to educate the difference between healthy ‘treats’ and not healthy options

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  • Love this, I cant wait ti try this!

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  • These look amazing!!!! So going to try for a snack – what a treat

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  • I lvoe this , it sounds just great. I’m not sure I could actually sell it to my kids as a doughnut substitute, but I’m sure they’d enjoy it just the same. I’m pretty sure I would! It sounds pretty easy too, which is always a winner for me and my husband.

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  • What a fantastic idea. I am definitely going to give this a go. Think this would be a winner with the family, they will see pastry and I’m telling you now they will see these and dive onto them, great option for snacks or treat with a cuppa. The recipe seems simple enough to make.

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  • This is such a unique idea! I bet having these look like donuts would also encourage the kids to try something that they might not ordinarily give a second glance to! I love how few ingredients there are and how easy it is to do! This is something you could whip up on a whim!

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  • This is so clever and looks so delicious! I love quick and easy recipes and trying new things that doesnt really quire too many steps. They look amazing and ones my kids would actually enjoy. Definitely going to book mark this one and give it a go sometime and try my baking skills!

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  • What a great idea. We love doughnuts and these looks delicious. I will have to keep an eye out for Kanzi apples. The less sugar the better. I love the idea of puff pastry. These doughnuts should satisfy my sweet tooth. Love the easy recipes. I will surely be giving it a try.

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