Apple Cider Baked Donuts

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Soft, spiced baked apple cider donuts made with reduced cider for real orchard flavor, warm fall spices, and a buttery cinnamon-sugar coating. Easy, cozy, and better than the cider mill, no frying required.

Prep Time20

Cook Time15

Apple Cider Reduction15

Total Time50

Course: Dessert

Servings: Donuts

Equipment

Ingredients

Apple Cider Reduction

1 ½ cups apple cider reduced to ½ cup

Dry Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 & 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
¼ tsp allspice or apple pie spice
1/ tsp ground cardamom

Wet Ingredients

1 large egg room temperature
½ cup brown sugar
⅓ cup granulated sugar
¼ cup unsalted butter melted
¼ cup neutral oil canola, vegetable, or light olive oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons apple butter
½ cup reduced apple cider from above

Cinnamon Sugar Coating

1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 tbsp unsalted butter melted
pinch of salt

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Instructions

Reduce the cider:

Add 1 ½ cups apple cider to a saucepan. Simmer over medium heat until it reduces to ½ cup and becomes slightly syrupy. Cool completely.
1 ½ cups apple cider

Make the donuts:

Preheat oven to 350°F . Grease a large silicone donut pan well.
In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cardamom.
2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, 1 & 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon, ¼ tsp ground nutmeg, ¼ tsp allspice or apple pie spice, 1/ tsp ground cardamom
In a separate bowl, whisk egg and sugars until smooth.
1 large egg, ½ cup brown sugar, ⅓ cup granulated sugar
Add melted butter, oil, vanilla, buttermilk, and apple butter. Whisk in cooled apple cider reduction and whisk one more time to combine.
¼ cup unsalted butter, ¼ cup neutral oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ¼ cup buttermilk, 2 tablespoons apple butter
Add dry ingredients to wet and gently fold until just combined. Do not overmix.
Pipe or spoon batter into the donut mold, filling each cavity ¾ full.

Bake:

Bake for 12–15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.

Cinnamon Sugar Coating

In a shallow bowl, whisk together the sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
½ cup reduced apple cider, 1 cup granulated sugar, 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Working one at a time, Brush the warm donuts generously with melted butter. then immediately toss each donut in the cinnamon-sugar mixture until fully coated. Repeat until you coated all of them.
5 tbsp unsalted butter
Transfer to a wire rack to set so the bottoms don’t get soggy.

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