# Apple Cider Donuts

These delicious apple cider donuts are made from scratch using whole apples and are the best fall dessert.

- Total time: 210 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 apple
- 1 orange
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- water
- 0.5 cup softened butter
- 0.5 cup brown sugar
- 0.25 cup cane sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 0.5 cup apple cider
- 0.5 cup sugar
- 0.25 cup melted butter

## Instructions

1. Break open and slice apples.
2. Add sliced apples to a pot with a sliced orange, cinnamon sticks, and pumpkin pie spice.
3. Cover the whole thing with water.
4. Transfer to the stove and bring to a boil.
5. Simmer for a few hours until the fruit is soft enough to mash easily with a wooden spoon.
6. Strain out the solids, pressing out every last drop of liquid gold.
7. Set aside the liquid gold (apple cider).
8. Add softened butter to a bowl with brown sugar and regular cane sugar.
9. Whisk until light and fluffy.
10. Add an egg and vanilla extract to the mixture and mix to combine.
11. In the same bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon, ensuring all dry ingredients are well incorporated.
12. Pour in some of your homemade apple cider.
13. Grease a muffin tin or donut tray.
14. Fill the muffin tin or donut tray two-thirds of the way up with your batter.
15. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius) until a toothpick inserted into the thickest part comes out clean.
16. While the donuts are baking, mix together sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl.
17. In another separate bowl, melt some butter.
18. Dip your baked donuts all over in the melted butter.
19. Then dip the buttered donuts into the cinnamon sugar mixture.
20. Serve your delicious apple cider donuts.

## Equipment

- pot
- stove
- wooden spoon
- strainer
- bowl
- whisk
- muffin tin
- oven

## Tips

- For easy cleanup, mix all dry ingredients in the same bowl with the wet ingredients.
- Ensure you press out every last drop of liquid gold from the fruit when straining the cider.
- A toothpick inserted into the thickest part of the donut should come out clean when baked.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/VEVsWAxZt9Y?si=5dp18oCHKpwhJxMj
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7e9f6e6d-709b-4d26-82cb-76b22959bb58
- Extracted: 2025-11-26

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