Baked Apple Cider Donuts
Prep Time:
30 mins.
Cook Time:
20 mins.
Yield:
16 doughnuts
Swans Down® Cake Flour and buttermilk make these scrumptious little spiced donuts pillowy soft. Dunk these baked treats in coffee or tea or pack them up for lunch, a picnic or a potluck.
Ingredients
DONUTS
- 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
Directions
- MAKE DONUTS: Preheat oven to 350℉ and grease 2 donut 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 donut 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 donuts in cinnamon sugar.
