Baked Apple Cider Donuts
Serves 14
35 mins prep
10 mins cook
45 mins total
Baked apple cider donuts made with apple cider, applesauce, brown sugar, and a cinnamon sugar coating.
Apple Cider Donuts
ozapple cider | unfiltered apple juice
ozall purpose flour10-11% protein
tspbaking soda
ozapplesauce*or homemade apple butter
ozcreme fraiche*or sour cream, room temperature
oz egg
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
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Reduce Apple Cider
Bring apple cider to a boil on a medium saucepan on medium heat. Lower heat to a simmer for about 15 minutes, until liquid has been reduced to 1/3 cup. Remove the apple cider syrup from heat and cool completely.
oz apple cider | unfiltered apple juice
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
Prepare the topping to set aside. Stir the granulated sugar, and cinnamon together in a shallow medium bowl. Save for coating warm donuts.
oz granulated sugar
tsp ground cinnamon
Apple Cider Donuts
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃) and prepare two, 6-capacity donut pans with a light coating of baking spray. If you only have one donut pan, bake 6 donuts, wash the pan and bake the rest.
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside
oz all purpose flour
tsp baking powder
tsp baking soda
tsp ground cinnamon
tsp ground ginger
tsp fine sea salt
Place the brown sugar, granulated sugar, oil, applesauce, creme fraiche, egg, and vanilla in a large bowl, then hand whisk to combine. Stir in the reduced apple cider until distributed evenly.
oz light brown sugar
oz granulated sugar
oz sunflower oil
oz applesauce
oz creme fraiche
oz egg
tsp pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
Add half of the flour mixture to the wet mixture and slowly whisk to combine. Repeat with the second half of the dry mixture. The batter will be slightly thick.
Transfer the batter to a piping bag or use a spoon to fill each donut cavity about 2/3-3/4 full.
Place the donut trays on the middle rack of the oven. Bake for 9-11 minutes until the tops spring back with a gently press of your finger tip. Or a toothpick inserted into the donut comes out clean.
Place trays on wire cooling rack for about 2 minutes. Then, invert pans to release the warm donuts directly onto cooling rack.
Coat Donuts
Gently brush a thin layer of melted butter with a pastry brush onto the donuts before carefully rolling them in the bowl of cinnamon sugar.
oz unsalted butter