RECIPE
Apple Cider Donuts
As we keep off our apple theme week, I had to start the week with what I like to call my famous APPLE CIDER DONUTS!! You might be wondering why I call them famous. Well before I closed my business down, I was know for Apple Cider Donuts. In fact I was like the first bakery to make them. I can’t even tell you how many apple cider donuts I have made. They were by far my most popular flavor of donuts and items over all. In fact I still have people trying to order them from me.
When I started my bakery about over 6 years ago. apple cider donuts were one of the first donuts things I wanted to conquer. We had two local farmers that had amazing apple cider donuts and I always remember getting them. My mom also made a donut which we called the Halloweenie donut. Unfortunately none of us have the recipe, which made the apple cider donut recipe even more important. Every time I make these donuts, I think of my mom.
You will notice that these donuts are baked, not fried. So that is a huge win to me. Well also because I don’t know how to fry food. You need a donut pan, I suggest two pans or 12 cavity donut pan. I prefer the metal ones over the rubber ones out there.
It is important to reduce the apple cider. I love to add some cinnamon, all spice or nutmeg to the cider while it’s reducing. This helps the flavor of the cider so much.
I know you will love these as much as we do.
Happy Baking ????
Billie
Ingredients
- 1 cup apple cider reduced to a ½ cup
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp allspice or apple pie spice
- ½ cup buttermilk room temperature
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp melted unsalted butter
- Topping ¾ cup melted brown butter 1 ½ cup sugar, 1 tbsp of cinnamon
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Reduce apple cider.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and allspice. Set aside
- In a separate bowl whisk together buttermilk, cider, egg and vanilla extract. Add melted butter whisk until combined.
- Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients. Using a spatula mix together until combined.
- Fill each donut cavity about ⅔ -¾ full.
- Bake for 9 minutes. Mine always takes 9 minutes.
- Make the topping. I brown my butter, but you can just melt it. Make the cinnamon sugar.. Deep each donut into the butter and dip into the cinnamon sugar.
Tips & Recommendations
I love to add some cinnamon and nutmeg to the apple cider as it is reducing. I use a piping bag to pipe the batter into the donut cavity. You can use a freeze bag and snip the bottom corn off if it or spoon the batter into the donut cavity. I prefer to brown my butter but you can just melt it.
