Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts
Prep: 30 min
Bake: 20 min
Yield: 16 doughnuts
Swans Down® Cake Flour and buttermilk make these scrumptious little spiced doughnuts pillowy soft. Dunk these baked treats in coffee or tea or pack them up for lunch, a picnic or a potluck.
DOUGHNUTS
- 1 1/2 cups apple cider
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups sifted Swans Down®️ Cake Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
CINNAMON SUGAR
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- MAKE DOUGHNUTS: Preheat oven to 350℉ and grease 2 doughnut pans. Cook and stir apple cider over medium-high heat, reducing liquid to 3/4 cup. Let cool.
- WHISK egg, sugar, brown sugar, butter, buttermilk and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth. Set aside. Whisk sifted flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt in a separate bowl. Pour flour mixture into bowl with wet ingredients. Add reduced apple cider. Mix until just combined. Do not overmix.
- PLACE dough in piping bag and fill doughnut pan rings half full. Bake for 10 minutes or until tester comes out clean. Let cool slightly.
- MAKE CINNAMON SUGAR: Mix sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg together in a medium bowl. Toss slightly cooled doughnuts in cinnamon sugar.
What can you use instead of donut pans?
Hi Shirley, You can use muffin tins in place of donut pans. Prepare the pan as instructed. To make the donut hole you can tightly wad a 1″ ball of parchment paper, flatten it on one side and place it in the center of the muffin tin. Then pipe fill the tins as you would a donut pan.
I don’t have doughnut pans and can’t afford them at the moment. Is there any other pans you could substitute? I mainly have muffin tins, would they work?
Lori, Yes you can use muffin tins. Prepare the pan as instructed. To make the donut hole you can tightly wad a 1″ ball of parchment paper, flatten it on one side and place it in the center of the muffin tin. Then pipe fill the tins as you would a donut pan.
These sound delicious and easy to make. Swans Down is the best cake flour ever.
These are delicious! Thanks for being a loyal Swans Down user.
Smell so good baking and cooling. Taste is spectacular with the spices.
Thanks for the great compliment! These are definitely delicious.
This recipe sounds really good!. I’ll have to try it soon!
These are definitely delicious! Let us know if you try it.