Baked apple cider donuts

Name: Baked apple cider donuts
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 0.33 cup apple cider; 4 tbsp unsalted butter; 0.25 cup vegetable oil; 0.5 cup sugar; 0.33 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2.66 cups flour; 1 pinch salt; 1.5 tsp baking powder; 0.75 cup fresh whole milk; 1.5 tsp ground cinnamon; 0.25 tsp ground nutmeg; 0.125 tsp ground cloves; 0.5 cup unsalted butter (melted)

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Devan Grimsrud

Food Editor at Kitchen Stories

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"Mini doughnuts rolled in cinnamon sugar always remind me of late summer evenings, romping around with friends after dark, trying to make the most of the last long warm nights before fall hits. These baked doughnuts are inspired by those evenings, but also by time spent with family and friends at apple orchards around Minnesota. We would go there to pick apples or pumpkins, ride around in hay-filled wagons pulled by tractors, and of course, most importantly, inhale apple cider doughnuts by the bagful. You can also toss these doughnuts in apple pie spice (usually a mixture of cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg)."

Difficulty

Medium 👍

Preparation

35 min

Baking

10 min

Resting

5 min

Ingredients

2Servings

MetricImperial

20 ml

apple cider

20 g

unsalted butter

20 g

vegetable oil

40 g

sugar

13⅓ g

brown sugar

⅔

eggs

1⅔ ml

vanilla extract

106⅔ g

flour

⅓ pinch

salt

3 g

baking powder

60 ml

fresh whole milk

3 g

ground cinnamon

½ g

ground nutmeg

⅓ g

ground cloves

40 g

unsalted butter (melted)

Utensils

oven, large bowl, hand mixer with beaters, bowl, whisk, doughnut baking pan, ladle, wire rack

Nutrition per serving

Cal216

Fat12 g

Protein3 g

Carb24 g

Step 1/4
- 20 g unsalted butter
- 20 g vegetable oil
- 13⅓ g brown sugar
- 20 g sugar
- ⅔ eggs
- 1⅔ ml vanilla extract
- oven
- large bowl
- hand mixer with beaters
Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F. Add butter, vegetable oil, sugar, and brown sugar to the bowl of a hand mixer with the paddle attachment and mix until light and fluffy, about 5 min. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla extract and mix well.
Step 2/4
- 106⅔ g flour
- ⅓ pinch salt
- 3 g baking powder
- 1⅔ g ground cinnamon
- 60 ml fresh whole milk
- 20 ml apple cider
- bowl
- whisk
Mix the flour, salt, baking powder and spices (ground cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves) together in a separate bowl. Add half of the flour mixture to the dough and mix to combine. Add half of the milk to the dough and mix to combine. Repeat until the flour mixture and milk are used up, then add the apple cider and mix briefly, just to combine.
Step 3/4
- doughnut baking pan
- ladle
- wire rack
Use a spoon to drop spoonfuls of batter into a greased doughnut pan. Smooth the tops, leaving about 1/4-inch at the top of each well. Bake for about 10 min., then let cool for at least 5 min. before inverting the pan and gently tapping out the doughnuts onto a cooling rack.
Step 4/4
- 40 g unsalted butter (melted)
- 20 g sugar
- 2 g ground cinnamon
Place the melted butter in a wide, but shallow, dish, then mix the remaining sugar and ground cinnamon in another wide, shallow dish. Gently dip each donut on both sides into the butter, then into the cinnamon sugar to coat. Transfer back to the cooling rack and serve. Enjoy!
Enjoy your meal!