Apple Cider Doughnut Recipe, Y'all!

Apple picking season is here and there’s nothing more that keeps apples on the brain for me than my recipe for homemade apple cider doughnuts and a tall glass a milk. So grab your aprons and let’s get to baking!

First you’ll need either an old-fashioned donut maker, that drops them into the oil hot or this nifty little pan that I picked up here.

You’ll start spraying your donut pan with a little bit of non-stick spray and combining 2 teaspoons of cinnamon with a tablespoon of granulated sugar and evenly sprinkling it into the pan.

Shake off any excess onto a sheet of wax paper.

Blend your ingredients according the recipe and fill up your donut pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for just 10-12 mins and voila! You have your donuts:-)

Now, I decided to take it a step further and whip up this little glaze. This one’s just 1/8 cup apple cider to two cups of powdered sugar and two teaspoons of cinnamon. Just bring the cider and cinnamon to a low simmer and then quickly whisk in your powdered sugar.

It will give you a thin syrupy glaze. For something a little bit thicker to coat your donuts reduced the amount of cider to two tablespoons.

Pour a tall glass of milk and you’re ready to enjoy!

Here’s the recipe:

Apple Cider Glazed Donuts

3 tablespoons of granulated sugar

2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, divided

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 large egg whites, lightly beaten

2/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup apple butter

1/3 cup pure maple syrup

1/3 cup apple cider

1/3 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt

3 tablespoons canola oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Apple Cider Glaze

1/8 cup apple cider

2 cups of powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Spray the molds of 2 mini bundt cake pans (6 cakes per pan) with nonstick cooking spray.
In a small bowl combine the granulated sugar and 1/2 tsp cinnamon.
Distribute this cinnamon/sugar mixture evenly amongst the cake pans, shake out the excess onto a sheet of wax paper and return to bowl for use at the end of the recipe.
In a larger bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and remaining 2 tsp of cinnamon and set aside.
In another large bowl whisk together the egg whites, brown sugar, apple butter, maple syrup, apple cider, yogurt, canola oil and vanilla extract.
Add the dry ingredients and stir just’til moistened.
Divide the batter among the prepared molds (approx 2 heaping Tbs of batter per mold).
Sprinkle the reserved cinnamon/sugar mixture on top of the batter in the molds.
Bake 10-12 minutes or’til a wooden pick inserted in a doughnut comes out clean.
Remove from oven, cool 2 minutes in pan, loosen and place doughnuts on a cooling rack.

Happy Apple Picking Everyone!

Chemeeka

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Ok, confession… I had no idea you could bake doughnuts in a pan like that. I thought they were fried or something. Holy heck, those look awesome. I WILL be getting that little donut pan thingy, and I will be making those. What about you?

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