When the leaves turn from green to golden, I am all about everything apple! Try my Apple Crisp and Apple Fritter Bread to use up the fall season’s best fruit!
The BEST Apple Cider Donuts
I spent this past Saturday morning making these delicious melt-in-your-mouth Apple Cider Doughnuts. My love affair with these doughnuts didn’t start there. I was first introduced to them at a local farm in Maryland. They make their doughnuts with fresh squeezed Apple Cider from their orchard. They come out piping hot and were rolled in cinnamon and sugar. When I think of these doughnuts I think of Fall. Visiting the orchards, drinking apple cider, and eating these delicious doughnuts. Even if you do not live by an orchard you can still experience all there is to love about Apple Cider Donuts with this recipe.
Apple Cider Dounut ingredients
Apple cider: The cider is reduced to get a concentrated flavor of apple cider. It also adds a nice tang to the donuts and helps them retain moisture. Butter: Butter and sugar are creamed together to make the donut batter lighter and airier. Sugar: Both light brown sugar and granulated sugar are added to the batter for sweetness and flavor. The light brown sugar has some caramel notes which are delicious with the apple. You can substitute either all light brown sugar or all white sugar, however, it may affect the texture. Vanilla extract: Vanilla brings out the sweet warmth of this recipe. Skip it if you don’t have any on hand. Egg: A whole egg plus 1 egg yolk binds the ingredients together. Flour: Plain, white, all-purpose flour is the foundation ingredient for the batter. Baking powder and Baking soda: Baking powder helps the donuts to rise a little and makes them soft and fluffy just like cake. Spices: Cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice and cloves are warm and spicy, and perfect for the taste of fall in this Apple Cider Donut Recipe. Buttermilk: Adds moisture to the dough. Coating: Cinnamon, sugar and spices coat the donuts immediately after frying. It reminds me of churros or snickerdoodles! Oil for frying: Vegetable oil is perfect for this recipe as it’s neutral-tasting and fries the donuts well.
How to make Apple Cider Donut Recipe
Prepare the donut batter
Shape the Donuts
Fry the Apple Cider donuts
What is in a cider donut?
In this Apple Cider Donut Recipe, I added apple cider, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, butter, flour, and egg to the batter and then dipped them in cinnamon sugar for a deliciously warm and sweet coating.
Are cider donuts made with cider?
Yes! I used apple cider from a local farm in Maryland. The apple cider is reduced to make a concentrated apple juice and then added to the batter.
Here are more breakfast recipes to try!
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Easy Churro Waffles Double Chocolate Chip Muffins Healthy Baked Oatmeal French Toast Muffin Cups Apple Fritter Bread
