A great taste just like the ones you'd buy from an apple farm! Yummy apple flavor! Great with a sugar and cinnamon coating!
- Total: 1 hour 55 mins.
- Additional: 40 mins
- Prep: 30 mins
- Cook: 45 mins
- Servings: 18
- Yield: 18 donuts.
Ingredients for Cider doughnut
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour, for dusting
- 1 cup apple cider
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¼ cup butter, at room temperature
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- Maple Syrup Glaze:
- 2 cups of oil for frying, or as needed.
- 1 ¼ cup of confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
Instructions for Apple Cider Donuts Recipe
Step 1
Boil 1 cup of apple cider in a small saucepan for 25 to 30 minutes, until reduced to 1/4 cup. cool.
Step 2
Beat the butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add 1 cup of white sugar and beat for 2 to 3 minutes until light and fluffy.
Step 3
Add the eggs to the butter mixture and beat until completely incorporated. Mix the reduced cider and buttermilk into the butter mixture.
Step 4
Mix together 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 3 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a bowl. Add the flour mixture to the buttermilk mixture and stir well until the flour is just combined.
Step 5
Sprinkle flour on a piece of parchment or wax paper and transfer the dough. Turn the dough out onto a baking sheet and sprinkle with flour. Roll the dough to a 1/2-inch thickness, sprinkling more flour if needed. Place the dough on the baking sheet in the freezer for about 20 minutes to firm up a bit.
Step 6
Cut the cold dough using a donut cutter. Gather up any scraps of dough, roll them out, and cut them. Transfer the cut donuts to a second, lightly floured, baking sheet. donuts Then, refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.
Step 7
In a bowl, whisk 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar, maple syrup, and vanilla extract together.
Step 8
Heat the oil in a large saucepan or deep fryer to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F). Fry the donuts in the preheated oil until golden brown on both sides and cooked through. Set cooked donuts on paper towels to drain.
Step 9
Pour maple syrup glaze over warm doughnuts.
