Baked Apple Cider Donuts

"Not only do they taste like apples, they look like apples."
 
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photo by Ashley Holt photo by Ashley Holt
photo by Ashley Holt photo by Ashley Holt
photo by Ashley Holt photo by Ashley Holt
photo by Ashley Holt photo by Ashley Holt
photo by Ashley Holt photo by Ashley Holt
Ready In:
34mins
Ingredients:
16
Yields:
12 donuts
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease two 6-count donut pans and set aside.
  • In a small saucepan over high heat, bring cider to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 15 minutes.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, applesauce, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Add the reduced cider and stir to combine.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Add dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir until just incorporated.
  • Transfer batter to a disposable piping bag. Pipe batter into donut pans, filling each well nearly to the rim. Bake until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out clean, 12-14 minutes. Allow doughnuts to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
  • Meanwhile, in a large bowl whisk together powdered sugar and apple cider. Tint to desired shade of green using gel paste food coloring (glaze should be the consistency of glue; thin with additional cider if necessary). Carefully dip the top of each doughnut into the glaze and decorate as desired with sprinkles, disco dust, a candy stem and candy leaves.

Questions & Replies

  1. Could you use pumpkin?
     
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Reviews

  1. Who the heck knew you could bake donuts?! I LOVE apple cider donuts, but I really hate deep frying things (plus they're not very good the next day). These however, were delicious AND guilt free. Also, I didn't have apple cider so I used apple juice and it was still really good. The only bad thing is that they were so yummy, my husband, my mom and I ate all 12 before I could snap a picture :( Will be making these again for Halloween treats for my fam. Thanks for the easy to follow recipe, Ashley!
     
  2. Very cool! Good time of year for everyone apple picking to make something fun for the family. or for their office.....i hope someone from my office reads this! : ) Ashley is a natural up there and Akilah is hilarious and fun to watch. Can't wait to see the next episode.
     
  3. Great recipe, I also use mini muffin pan for holes.
     
  4. Not that big on food coloring and decoration, but they tasted good. I just had to bake them longer because I used silicone molds
     
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Tweaks

  1. Apple juice instead of Cider
     

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Ashley is a professional baker and owner of Sugar Monster bakery in NYC. She's also the resident sugar specialist on GK Now, where she creates towering cakes and over-the-top desserts inspired by pop culture.
 
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