Apple Cider Doughnuts
Apple cider doughnuts bake to soft, cake-like doughnuts dipped in apple cider and cinnamon and sugar. It tastes like you visited the local apple orchard!
Servings 6
Calories 260kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp. allspice
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. kosher salt
- 1/3 cup maple syrup the real stuff!
- ½ cup apple cider divided
- ¼ cup applesauce unsweetened
- 1 Tbsp. canola oil
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Topping:
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease pan with a little bit of butter.
- In a bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt.
- In separate bowl, mix ¼ cup apple cider, apple sauce, canola oil, maple syrup and vanilla extract, and then add to dry ingredients.
- Mix until combined.
- Using a spoon, fill prepared doughnut sections ¾ full.
- Bake 10 minutes or until top springs back to the touch.
- Remove from oven and cool in pan for 2 minutes.
- Remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool a bit more.
- While doughnuts are cooling, pour remaining ¼ cup apple cider in a small bowl.
- In a gallon sized Ziploc bag, combine the topping mixture of ¾ cup sugar & 1 Tbsp. cinnamon.
- The doughnuts should now be cool enough to touch, but still warm.
- Quickly dunk half of flat side into bowl of cider. Flip and dip other half.
- Place doughnut into Ziploc bag and gently shake in cinnamon sugar mixture until well coated.
- Place back on rack to cool or serve immediately.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 260kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 336mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 39g