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Baked Apple Cider Donuts are out of this world delicious! These cider donuts are the perfect fall and winter treat! Once baked, these apple cider donuts are brushed with melted butter and sprinkled with a cinnamon sugar! #appleweek

Pour a glass of milk or hot chocolate and enjoy these apple cider donuts!

This post is sponsored on behalf of #appleweek. Our generous sponsors, Swiss Diamond, Envy Apples, Imperial Sugar, Nordic Ware, Rodelle Vanilla, Flahavan’s Irish Oatmeal, Nairn’s and The Spice House have provided us with products for recipe creation and a giveaway for our readers. As always, all opinions are my own. 

 

Apple Week is in full swing! Sunday I shared Cider Braised Chicken and Cabbage! We love it and I hope you do too! I know Monday was not an apple recipe, it was Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs!

Long story short, I had to write a recipe for a company and that was their requested date! So back to apples today! My friends, let’s talk about my Baked Apple Cider Donuts! Holy mackerel, these are amazing!

Last fall, after a trip to a local farm where we enjoyed fresh apple cider donuts, I was determined to make homemade cider donuts! Boy, was I glad that I did! These baked donuts are delicious!

These donuts have been a work in progress for some time! I finally had the donuts but then the cinnamon sugar wasn’t quite right!

When I found out that Imperial Sugar is one of our sponsors for Apple Week I had an idea for the cinnamon sugar topping. I mix brown and white sugar with cinnamon and nutmeg for the topping. Well, everyone, that works beautifully!

Three Baked Apple Cider Donuts with cinnamon sugar stacked on top of each other on a wire cooling rack with a bag of Imperial Sugar behind the donuts.

 

The key is to take the donuts out of the oven and pop them onto a cooling rack for 2-3 minutes. Then, brush the donuts with melted butter and then dip them into the cinnamon sugar. Place the cider donuts onto a wire cooling rack and hello delicious!

What type of apple cider is used to make these Cider Donuts Recipe?

Personally, I love making homemade slow cooker apple cider. The house smells amazing also! We know that’s not always possible. In the US, apple cider is usually easy to purchase. For my friends outside the US, this is not a hard cider, it is alcohol-free apple cider.

Can Baked Apple Cider Donuts be frozen?

Absolutely! I make a big batch of cider donuts and freeze them. I bake them, add the cinnamon sugar topping. I wrap each donut in plastic wrap and then into a freezer bag. Label the bags with the date and date to use by, 3 months later. To defrost, place in the fridge overnight. Warm at 300 degrees in the oven for a few minutes.

What goes well with Apple Cider Donuts Recipe?

A Baked Apple Cider Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar cooling on a wire rack

 

A few Baked Apple Cider Donut FAQs:

  • My apple cider donuts are baked! So they are already healthier than a fried donut!
  • Making cider donuts at home uses no preservative.
  • Baked apple cider donuts take 10 minutes prep and 15 minutes to bake = 25 minutes to deliciousness!
  • Bonus: these cider donuts freeze well too! I defrost overnight. Wrap the donuts in foil and heat them up for a few minutes, yum.

 

Baked apple cider donuts with cinnamon sugar stacked on a cooling rack

How to Make Baked Apple Cider Donuts:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a donut pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine and stir flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and spices blended together in a glass bowl to prepare for making Baked Apple Cider Donuts
  3. In another medium bowl mix together the apple cider, buttermilk, and vanilla extract. Apple cider, Buttermilk, and vanilla mixed together in a large glass bowl and will be added to a batter to make apple cider baked donuts.
  4. In a large bowl beat together butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. unsalted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar in the silber bowl of a stand mixer to make baked apple cider donuts
  5. The butter/sugar mixture should be well blended. See photo under #6.
  6. Add in 2 eggs, one at a time to the sugar mixture. A silver mixing bowl with creamed butter with brown and white sugar and a raw egg added to the mix to make batter for Baked Apple Cider Donuts
  7. Mix in half the cider mixture and half the flour mix. Gently fold ingredients together. In a large silver mixing bowl, the flour and apple cider batter is being mixed to make baked apple cider donuts.
  8. Add remaining cider mixture then the remaining flour mixture. Batter to make baked apple cider donuts in a large silver mixing bowl
  9. Once blended. Use either a piping bag or a large plastic storage bag to put in the apple cider donut batter.
  10. Cut a hole in corner of plastic bag to pipe the batter into the donut tins. If using a piping bag, use a tip with a round hole. Batter for apple cider donuts in a donut pan and imperial white sugar and imperial brown sugar bags are to the right side of the donut pan
  11. Bake for 15 minutes.

How to Make Cinnamon Sugar Topping for the Cider Donuts:

  1. While the donuts are baking.
  2. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Can use a microwave.
  3. In a bowl, mix together 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon fresh nutmeg.
  4. One the donuts are out of the oven. Let them cool on a wire rack for 2-3 minutes.
  5. Brush donuts with the melted butter then dip the donuts in the sugar mixture, do both sides of donuts. baked apple cider donuts just out of the oven on a black wire cooling rack and melted butter is being brushed on the donut.
  6. Dip the donuts in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Baked Apple Cider Donuts on a cooling rack
  7. Let them cool on a wire rack
  8. Enjoy. They are best the first day. Keep them well covered.

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Four baked apple cider donuts with a cinnamon sugar topping on a black mesh rack.

Baked Apple Cider Donuts

Baked Apple Cider Donuts are the most amazing treat for a cool fall or winter day! Made with real apple cider, these donuts are just delicious! These donuts blow away any store bought donuts.
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Course: Baking, Breakfast/Snack, Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: fall comfort food, fall/winter snack
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
cooling time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 12 donuts
Calories: 253kcal
Author: Eileen xo

Ingredients

Apple Cider Donuts

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Wet Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup apple cider
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Butter/Sugar combo

  • 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature.
  • 1/2 cup white sugar I use Imperial Sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar I use Imperial Sugar
  • 2 large eggs, add one at a time

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

  • 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
  • non-stick cooking spray

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a donut pan with non-stick spray, set aside. 
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside
  • In a medium bowl combine apple cider, buttermilk, and vanilla. Set aside.
  • In a stand mixer or large bowl blend unsalted butter, white and brown sugar until fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time. Blend until well mixed.
  • At the lowest speed on mixer add 1/2 flour mix and 1/2 cider mix. Blend, then remaining flour and cider mix. Fold ingredients to blend. 
  • Use either a large plastic storage bag and place batter into the bag. Cut the corner off and pipe the batter into the donut pan. Or use a piping bag with a circle tip to pipe the batter into the donut pan
  • Bake for about 15 minutes. A toothpick would be clean after sticking it into the donut. Let donuts cool about 3 minutes on a cooling rack.
  • While the donuts are baking, melt the butter in a small saute pan. In a small bowl, combine the white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
  • While the donuts are warm, brush them with the melted butter and then dip the donuts in the cinnamon sugar. Place them back on the cooling rack. The donuts can be eaten when warm. 

Notes

Note 1: The donuts are best the first day. Keep them well covered on day 2. 
Note 2: These donuts freeze well. Wrap each donut with plastic wrap then place in a labeled freezer storage bag. They keep well for 3 months. 
Note 3: To defrost, place in fridge overnight. I place in a 300-degree oven wrapped in aluminum foil for a few minutes.
  • Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation. Actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and portion sizes

Nutrition

Serving: 1donut | Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 342mg | Potassium: 90mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 240IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1.1mg
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    • Ah, Barrie, I love me Betty Brocker Cookbook too! I was given that one and Joy of Cooking when I was about 12 years old. Still my favorites! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me a comment! You also brought me back to awesome childhood memories!

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  6. Baked donuts are the best invention. These look perfect! Better than fried…I love having a cider donut in the morning with my coffee. It’s just the perfect Autumn start to the day 🙂

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  8. Oh, yes! Never mind all that spice coffee stuff – I know it’s Fall when I get fresh apples, then fresh cider, and – if I’m lucky – cider donuts. Fall classic, back when I lived in the Northeast… So now I can make my own luck, and my own donuts!

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  9. What a wonderful recipe. I just love anything with cinnamon, and the tought of cinnamon sugar crunching under your bite before you meet the softness of the donut just makes me salivate. Now I need to go smell some cinnamon 😀

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  14. Apple week sounds like my kind of week! I love apple cider anything AND doughnuts. Baked doughnuts are a nice option to save yourself a few extra calories from the fry oil, can’t wait to try.

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