Apple Donuts with Homemade Apple Scrap Caramel - Food for Soul

Ingredients

• 1 apple
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp maple syrup or agave syrup
• Juice from one orange
• Melted butter
• 1 sheet of puff pastry
• Peels and cores from 2 apples (remove seeds)
• 200 g (1 cup) granulated sugar
• 100 ml (1/2 cup) water
• 50 ml (1/4 cup) cream (optional for richness)
• A pinch of salt