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Baked Apple Cider Donuts

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These easy and flavorful baked apple cider donuts are coated in spiced cinnamon sugar. They are soft, moist, and tender, made with a concentrated apple cider reduction for maximum fall flavor.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup apple cider
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • For topping:
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

  1. Pour cider in a nonstick saucepan and cook over medium heat without lid until it's reduced to 1/3 cup. It will become a thick syrup. Keep aside and allow it to cool down.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, add egg, granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, milk, vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Keep aside.
  3. In another mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom.
  4. Dump this dry mixture into the wet mixture, along with the reduced apple cider, and mix until just combined. Don't over-mix!
  5. Pour batter in a greased donut pan, filling halfway through. (Tip: Pour batter in piping bag and pipe batter in the donut pan. It's easier and neater.)
  6. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Allow the donuts to cool down for 5 minutes at room temperature and then remove from pan.
  8. While the donuts are cooling, mix together sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom in a wide bowl for coating.
  9. Brush melted butter all over each donut and roll in the bowl of sugar until fully coated.
  10. Serve immediately and enjoy!

Notes

Try other spices for a different flavor profile. You need to reduce the apple cider to thick syrup for this recipe to work well. Apple cider syrup must cool to room temperature before it is used otherwise it will cook the eggs in the batter. The spiced sugar topping can be swapped for plain sugar, powdered sugar, or glaze as desired. Best served warm.

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