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    Home » Breakfast

    Baked Apple Cider Donuts

    Published: Sep 8, 2021 · Modified: Aug 5, 2022 by Jenna · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Since my baked pumpkin donuts are really popular on this site, I’ve had a few requests to make baked apple cider donuts. Been putting it off for a few years and now here you go. You’re welcome. 🙂 In case you love apple recipes I have a few planned out for this month that look really good. Apple season is the best!

    Air Fryer Donuts 

    I really wanted to bake these in my air fryer oven but my donut pan was too large to fit inside my Ninja Foodie Air Fryer. If you own an air fryer oven like the Kitchenaid KCO124BM Digital Countertop Oven with Air Fry, Black Matte you can definitely cook them in there using a donut pan. 

    Apple Cider 

    When I entered the apple cider in the WW app it came up as 4 points for 1 cup. I’m assuming it’s the 100% freshly pressed apple cider that has been pasteurized. You can also use organic 100% apple juice. Got mine at Aldi. 

    What Ingredients do I need? 

    In this section, you can find substitutes or suggestions for certain ingredients. I also will try and list out what the ingredients' purpose is for. 

    Flour  - good old regular all-purpose flour 

    Sugar  - white sugar, divided for dipping 

    Cinnamon - for spice 

    Unsweetened Applesauce 

    Apple Cider use 100% freshly pressed apple cider 

    Vanilla - pure - picked up a bottle at Costco 

    Egg - 1 large egg 

    Butter Spray - instead of using regular butter I used cooking spray to make the sugar stick. Take the donuts right out of the pan when they are warm with a fork. Then spritz each side of the donut before dipping it in sugar. 

     How to make Baked Apple Cider Donuts 

    To print the full recipe please see the recipe card below. 

     Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat 2 (6-slot) silicone doughnut pans (¼-cup capacity each) with nonstick spray.

     In a medium bowl, combine flour, ¼ cup sugar, ¾ teaspoon cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. 

    In a separate medium bowl, whisk together applesauce, cider, vanilla, and egg. Add applesauce mixture to flour mixture; stir until well combined. Scrape batter into a large zip-top plastic bag. Snip a hole in 1 bottom corner of bag; pipe batter evenly into prepared pans. Bake at 350°F until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool in pans 2 minutes; remove donuts from pans.

    In a small bowl, combine the remaining 3 tablespoon sugar and the remaining ¾ teaspoon cinnamon. Lightly brush tops of doughnuts with butter; dip each doughnut, butter side down, into bowl of cinnamon sugar to coat.

     Serving size: 1 doughnut

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    If you’ve tried this  Baked Apple Cider Donuts recipe or any other recipe on the site, let me know in the comment section how it turned out. Snap a picture and upload it to Pinterest.

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    Baked Apple Cider Donuts


    • Author: Jenna
    • Prep Time: 7 min
    • Cook Time: 12-15min
    • Total Time: 18 minute
    • Yield: 12 1x
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    Ingredients

     

    • Cooking Spray
    • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
    • ½ cup  sugar, divided 
    • 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon, divided 
    • 1 tsp baking soda
    • ¼ tsp salt 
    • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce 
    • 1 cup apple cider 
    • 1 tsp vanilla 
    • 1 large egg 
    • I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat 2 (6-slot) silicone doughnut pans (¼-cup capacity each) with nonstick spray.
    2.  In a medium bowl, combine flour, ¼ cup sugar, ¾ teaspoon cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. 
    3. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together applesauce, cider, vanilla, and egg. Add applesauce mixture to flour mixture; stir until well combined. Scrape batter into a large zip-top plastic bag. Snip a hole in 1 bottom corner of bag; pipe batter evenly into prepared pans. 
    4. Bake at 350°F until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool in pans 2 minutes; remove donuts from pans.
    5. In a small bowl, combine remaining ½ cup sugar and remaining ¾ teaspoon cinnamon. Spritz each side of the donut with Butter Spray when it is warm.  Dip each doughnut, butter side down, into bowl of cinnamon sugar to coat.
    6. Serving size: 1 doughnut

    Notes

    myWW points blue 4, green 4, purple 4 

    • Category: Easy
    • Method: Bake
    • Cuisine: Aamerican

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size: 1 donut

    Keywords: baked apple cider donuts

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