Apple Cider Donuts
Baked apple cider donuts made with reduced apple cider for concentrated fall flavor, warm cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove, finished with a buttery cinnamon sugar coating on every inch. Ready in twenty minutes with a donut pan and the most authentic apple orchard donut experience you can make at home without a deep fryer.
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Wet Ingredients:
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp melted butter or neutral oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Topping:
- 3 Tbs melted butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- In a sauce pan, reduce apple cider by half (1/2 cup) Add nutmeg.
- Preheat oven to 350°F, and grease donut pan.
- Whisk dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Whisk wet ingredients in another bowl.
- Stir together until just combined. Don’t overmix.
- Pipe or spoon batter into each cavity of the donut pan about ⅔ full.
- Bake 9–11 minutes until golden and springy.
- Cool completely before coating.
- Combine sugar and cinnamon on a small plate.
- Dip each donut in melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar. Enjoy!