Description
Warm, cakey apple cider donuts with concentrated cider flavor and cinnamon sugar coating.
Ingredients
For the donuts:
- 1¾ cups fresh apple cider
- 2¼ cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- 1¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon fine salt
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup whole milk, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For coating:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon apple pie spice
- 5 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Simmer 1¾ cups cider in a small saucepan over low heat for 22-25 minutes until reduced to ½ cup concentrate. Cool completely.
- Preheat oven to 355°F. Grease a 12-cup donut pan thoroughly.
- Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, apple pie spice, and salt in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk melted butter, egg, brown sugar, granulated sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients, add cooled cider concentrate, and whisk until thick batter forms.
- Fill donut cavities halfway with batter using a spoon.
- Bake 11-12 minutes until tops spring back when touched lightly.
- Cool in pan 3 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack.
- Mix coating ingredients in shallow bowl. Dip cooled donuts in melted butter, then roll in spiced sugar mixture.
Notes
Store covered at room temperature up to 3 days. Freeze up to 2 months. Can substitute muffin tin – bake 16-18 minutes at 355°F.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes