Baked Apple Cinnamon Donuts
Baked Apple Cinnamon Donuts are perfect for fall, but they’re chuck full of everything Fall. Apple Baked Donuts are Delicious and so soft that they melt in your mouth.
When you think of Fall, donuts come to mind! A little cup of hot chocolate with a side of donuts! I know, your mouth is watering right now!
Apple Cinnamon Donuts are so versatile! You can eat them for breakfast, after school snack or perfect for any party!
This recipe is so simply to make and I bet you have most of the ingredients in your kitchen right now! You won’t be able to just eat one!
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Baked Apple Cinnamon Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups apple cider
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup milk, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Topping
- 1 cup of sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 6 Tablespoons butter, melted
DIRECTIONS
- Reduce apple cider. In a small saucepan over low heat, simmer the apple cider until you’re left with about 1/2 cup. Begin checking at 10 minutes, then every 3-5 minutes after that until you have 1/2 cup of cider reduction. Mine takes about 20 minutes. Set aside to cool for 10 minutes (or complete this step ahead of time).
- Combine the dry ingredients together.
- Combine all wet ingredients except for the apple cider together.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients together. Add the apple cider. Whisk everything together until smooth and combined. You’ll notice the batter will be slightly thick. We want thick batter for cakey and dense donuts!
- Fill the donut pan. Fill each donut cup about halfway. My trick for this? Use a zipped-top bag. Add the batter, cut off a corner, and pipe it into the donut pan filling only about halfway. This trick makes transferring the batter easy, neat, and quick.
- Bake. Only about 10 minutes of bake time– told you they’re quick! To test doneness, poke your finger into the top of the donut. If the donut bounces back, they’re done. Once the donuts are out of the oven, let them cool for 2 minutes, invert the pan to release the donuts, then re-grease the donut pan and bake the remaining donut batter. (If you don’t own 2 donut pans! I only have 1.)
- Coat the donuts. Combine the granulated sugar, cinnamon, and apple pie spice together in a medium bowl. Once cool enough to handle, dunk both sides of each donut in the melted butter, then generously in the apple spice topping.
- Enjoy!
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I guess I need a donut pan. These sound great. I was surprised there are no apples in them, but I guess that might make them soggy.
My kids love to eat the donuts. I will try this recipe 🙂
Oh my, these look amazing!! Saving this Recipe!
Looks so yum! Although I have just had lunch, this makes me crave for some donuts.Thank you for the nice recipe.
Oh my goodness these look amazing!
I have never tried to make donuts before but these look superb and very inviting to me 🙂
Omg these look so good! And just in time for autumn too.
This is my first time reading and hears about apple donut. Tasty!
I wanna be able to make these kind of things for my son. I need to make time. This dish looks delicious.
I just had store-bought Apple Cider Donuts and they were too sweet. These sound like they are more cake taste which I love. nothing says starting my fall season than with baked apple cinnamon donuts. I am down for this to happen.
Thanks for the recipe, and they look scrumptious and delicious from the pictures! It always feels comforting and therapeutic to read these kinds of posts. I look forward to trying and making them later!
These look delicious!
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Those sound delicious! We buy cider donuts on each trip to the orchard but I’d love to try making them myself. Thanks for the recipe. Pinned.
These look amazing!
thank you!
Haha I agree with you! Donuts are one of my favorite treats and even better if it’s baked! Thank you for sharing your recipe and I cannot wait to give it a try. Btw, why does the egg have to be at room temperature? Sorry baking newbie or rather a clueless cook! 🙂
Maureen
it’s supposed to make it mix better with the batter and rise more easily, but I have done it both way and it works.
These look amazing. I’ve featured this post at the TFT link party today. 🙂