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Baked Apple Cider Donuts Recipe

Baked Apple Cider Donuts are soft, moist, and filled with warm spices and candied pecans, then finished with an easy maple cinnamon glaze.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 18 servings
Calories: 240kcal
Author: Ruth Truett

Equipment

  • donut pan
  • mixing bowls
  • whisk
  • spatula
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons

Ingredients

Candied Pecans

  • 1 cup pecans, finely diced
  • 2 tablespoon maple syrup
  • pinch of flaky sea salt

Apple Cider Donuts

  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup avocado oil
  • ½ cup apple cider concentrate
  • ¼ cup whole milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground clove
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt

Maple Cinnamon Glaze

  • ⅓ cup maple syrup
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • pinch of kosher salt

Instructions

Candied Pecans

  • Add the pecans and maple syrup to a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir until the syrup starts to thicken just a bit. Remove the pecans from the skillet and sprinkle them with a little flaky sea salt. Set aside to cool.

Apple Cider Donuts

  • Add the sugar, oil, milk, eggs, apple cider concentrate, and vanilla to a large mixing bowl. Whisk everything together until it's well combined.
  • In a separate bowl, mix together the AP flour, ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove, baking powder and kosher salt. Whisk to combine.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients mixing until just combined.
  • Fold in the pecans.
  • Pipe the batter into a greased donut pan. I fill mine almost to the top, but not quite. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 11-13 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let them cool in the molds for about 5 minutes and onto a cooling rack for another 10-15 minutes.

Maple Cinnamon Glaze

  • In a small mixing bowl, combine the maple syrup, powdered sugar, cinnamon, and pinch of salt and whisk until smooth.
  • Take a cooled donut and dip it into the glaze so that it comes halfway up the sides of the donut. Repeat until all of the donuts are glazed.
  • The glaze with set up in about 15-20 minutes and will be a little less messy while eating. Otherwise, dig in and enjoy!

Notes

  1. You can make the apple cider concentrate from scratch. Simply bring about one and a half cups of apple cider to a boil. Reduce the heat slightly and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the liquid has reduced to about ½ a cup. It's very simple and doable. Once it's reduced down, remove it from the heat and let it cool.
  2. The easiest way to get the Apple Cider Donut batter into the donut molds is by piping it in. If you do not have piping bags, grab a large zip top bag and fill it with the batter. Snip a small piece of the corner of the bag off and you have a homemade piping bag.
  3. Depending on the size of your donut pan, you'll get between 12-18 donuts. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 90mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 36IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 1mg
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