Apple Cider Donuts
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5.0
15 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Servings
12 donuts
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Calories
309 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Apple Cider Donuts
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Soft and delicious Apple Cider donuts that are cakey, baked and infused with homemade apple cider. Coated in cinnamon sugar with a touch of apple spice, these will be your favorite donut recipe!
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Ingredients
Apple Cider
- 1 1/2 cups homemade apple cider Recipe here , or storebought
Donut Batter
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon apple spice optional
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup avocado oil
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup buttermilk or yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Coating
- 1/3 cup melted butter unsalted
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon apple spice
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Notes
- Homemade Apple Cider is always better than store bought for this recipe, however you can substitute with your favorite store bought brand if you have one.
- Simmering the apple cider down concentrates the flavor and intensifies the apple taste in your donut recipe.
- Make sure to cool down the apple cider before adding it into the batter. You can do so by flash freezing it for 10 minutes or in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Have the dry ingredients in a medium bowl and make sure all the powders are whisked.
- Place the wet ingredients in a large bowl as this will be the main batter bowl.
- When blending the dry ingredients into the wet bowl, make sure to avoid over-mixing the batter.
- A tightly sealed ziplog bag is best for piping out the dough into the donut pan. Make sure you air tight the bag as best as possible for easy piping. Also try to gather all the batter into one side so the bag has the shape of a cone.
- Snip off a 1/4 inch size cut to allow for easy pouring of the batter. If you snip off a larger piece you will risk the batter pouring out too fast.
- We prefer spraying the donut pan always with a non stick avocado oil spray.
- Fill the donut pan only 2/3 of the way full to allow for expansion in the oven.
- Once baked, let the donuts cool off in the pan for at least 6-8 minutes. These apple cider donuts are very tender and may break apart if you handle them while still hot.
- You may dip the entire donut in melted butter to coat, however we felt that to be too greasy of an option. We prefer brushing the surface only with the melted butter rather than the dipping option.
- The coating we used is cinnamon sugar, you may also opt for adding apple spice to the coating--so good!
- You can fid these readily available online and in stores. Since they won't be used except occasionally, you don't need to invest in an expensive one.
- If you want a more DIY solution, you can use a regular standard size muffin pan. Use regular aluminum foil cut up into a square about 5 inches. fold the foil in half and coil it to make a round. Seal the ends to create the hole in the donut shape.
- Now place the rounded aluminum coil in the center of each cavity of the muffin pan to create a donut shape.Spray the pan with avocado oil spray and press down the foil so it sticks to the pan. Pipe the donut batter around the foil as you would for a donut pan.
- Our favorite thing to serve with this recipe is our homemade Apple Butter. Be sure to read that post for tips on making your apple butter in the crockpot, stove or instant pot.
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