apple cider doughnuts

Apple Cider Donuts are a cake doughnut rolled in a cinnamon sugar mixture.

Apple Cider Donuts

apple cider

sugar

brown sugar

unsalted butter, softened

eggs, room temperature

buttermilk

vanilla extract

all-purpose flour

baking powder

baking soda

salt

cinnamon

nutmeg

apple, peeled, cored, and grated (Macoun or Macintosh)

canola oil

In a medium saucepan over low heat, reduce the apple cider to about 3⁄4 cup, about 30 minutes. Set aside and cool to room temperature.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices into a medium bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, use a stand mixer to cream together the butter granulated sugar, and brown sugar.

Add the eggs one at a time and continue to mix until incorporated. Use a rubber spatula to occasionally scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the reserved reduced apple cider, buttermilk, and vanilla extract, mixing to combine. Add the flour mixture and combine.

Gently fold the grated apples into the batter.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface. This dough can be sticky. Use a plastic bench scraper to fold the dough over and flour before cutting doughnuts.

Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to 1⁄ 2 inch thickness. Lightly flour a doughnut cutter and use it to cut out the doughnuts, then place them onto the prepared baking sheet.

Line a baking sheet with several layers of paper towels and set aside.

In a large heavy-duty pot, add about 3-inches of canola oil. Heat to a temperature of 375 degrees F. Drop about 4 to 5 doughnuts into the oil, making sure not to overcrowd the pot. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes on each side, or until lightly golden brown.

Remove the doughnuts from the oil and allow to drain on the paper towels. In a small bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the cinnamon sugar; mix well. While the doughnuts are still warm, sprinkle them with the cinnamon sugar.

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Apple Cider Doughnuts are a cake style doughnut rolled in a cinnamon sugar mixture. Apple Cider Donuts are simple to make and will remind you of fairs and apple orchards.

Making Apple Cider Doughnuts

Apple Cider Doughnut Cake

Cake:

all purpose flour

tsp baking powder

tsp apple pie spice

apple sauce

unsalted butter (softened)

tsp pure vanilla extract

eggs

Granny Smith apple

Coating:

butter

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour or spray a 12 cup bundt pan with baking spray. Set aside.

Cake: In a medium size mixing bowl, use a whisk to sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, apple pie spice and salt. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk together cider and applesauce. Set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer on medium high speed in a large bowl cream together butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.

Lower the speed of the mixer and add dry ingredients alternately with the wet ingredients beginning and ending with flour. Stop and scrape the sides of the bowl periodically. Once all is added beat for 20 seconds, or just until fully combined. Mix shredded apple in by hand.

Spread evenly in prepared pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the cake springs back when touched and a toothpick inserted into the center comes back clean. Cool in the pan on a cooling rack for 20 minutes.

Cinnamon Sugar Coating: Turn cake out onto a baking rack. Brush the cake on all sides with melted butter. Mix together sugar and cinnamon and press on all sides of cake. Repeat several times, pressing sugar on cake until all is used. The cake should be fully covered.

Cool to warm, then slice and serve. May serve with ice cream and a drizzle of caramel, if desired.

Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.

Great tasting recipe. I didn’t add all the cinnamon-sugar to the outside of cake and it still was great. I also forgot to add the applesauce to recipe, really made a difference to the cake as it didn’t have that apple flavour otherwise would have had, don’t forget to add it. Otherwise, it was still good tasting just more spices taste to it.

I’m getting ready to make this, does this cake rise?  I don’t see either baking soda or baking powder in it.

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Oh my goodness, this cake is delicious!!!  I wanted to try something different for when we get together with friends for cards and dessert.   Your recipes never fail to impress and are so good!   Thank you

These baked vegan apple cider donuts are moist, fluffy, and coated in cinnamon sugar for the best Fall treat!

Vegan Apple Cider Donuts

fresh apple cider

Tablespoons apple sauce

Tablespoons oil (I prefer melted coconut oil

vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)

pastry flour (white or whole wheat works)

Tablespoons melted coconut oil (or melted vegan butter)

Begin by adding your apple cider to a small pot and bringing to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and reduce until you have 1/2 cup of apple cider left (about 15-20 minutes).

Once the apple cider is reduced, let sit for 10-15 minutes to cool before using in your recipe. Once cooled, preheat your oven to 350F.

In a large mixing bowl, add the apple cider, sugar, apple sauce, oil, and vanilla. Whisk to combine.

Then add in the  pastry flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda. Make sure to add the flour first and then add the other ingredients on top. Then, use a fork to gently sift the baking powder, baking soda, and salt into the flour. Once sifted, mix everything together until a batter forms.

Spray the donut pan with a cooking spray or gently grease with oil. Then, add the batter to the pan making sure not to cover the holes in the center. The batter should make 6-8 donuts. Bake for 12-15 minutes until the donuts are baked through.

Remove the donut pan from the oven and carefully invert onto a drying rack (I like to bring the drying rack up to the pan and then flip it there to make sure the doughnuts don't fall apart). Let cool for 10 minutes.

While the doughnuts are cooling, prepare your cinnamon sugar topping by adding the melted coconut oil or butter to a small bowl and the cinnamon sugar mixture to a larger shallow bowl.

Very lightly brush each donut with the butter/coconut oil. Then, dunk each donut into the bowl of cinnamon sugar and swirl around until coated. Let the donuts sit for about 10 more minutes and then dunk into the cinnamon sugar mixture one more time(optional, but recommended). Enjoy!

Made these once and they were fabulous. If I'm doubling the recipe, so 12 vs 6, would I still only use 1/2 cup (reduced) of cider, or would I bump that up to 1 cup (reduced)? it seems the measurement below the cider portion doesn't update when I change the amount.

Can I use Tapioca Starch in replace of cornstarch for high altitude?

For anyone baking these at high altitude with the flour + cornstarch method, use a total of 145 grams of all purpose flour plus 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, and they will come out AMAZING!
This was a wonderful, easy to follow recipe that just needed a tiny bit of tweaking for high altitude. The donuts came out super moist and fluffy 10/10!

These are incredibly perfect. Do a pumpkin one please!!

Absolutely delicious 😋 First time I made 6x, this time I made double the amount. They are quick and easy to bake and very yummy!

These were fabulous! I used whole wheat flour and the corn starch trick.

these donuts are amazing!! the best vegan donuts I’ve made

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Moist and Fluffy Vegan Apple Cider Donuts! These Baked vegan donuts are completely eggless, dairy-free, and rolled in cinnamon sugar for a crunchy topping!

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