Baked Apple Cider Donuts

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 tbsp sugar and the remaining ¾ tsp 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

Other Recipes to Try 

25 Slow Cooker Recipes for Dinner 

Maple Bacon Corn Bread Muffins 

Knock you Naked Brownies 

Sweet Potato and Sausage Hash 

Baked Buffalo Chicken Taquitos 

Sour Cream Noodle Bake 

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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