Apple Cider Baked Donuts
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.
Servings: 9 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
- ½ 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
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, ½ 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, ½ cup reduced apple cider
- 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.1 cup granulated sugar, 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, pinch of salt
- 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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Nutrition
Calories: 457Calories | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 259mg | Potassium: 113mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 47g | Vitamin A: 393IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 2mg
