Apple Cider Doughnuts
Apple donuts remind me of family trips to South Dakota. We’d stop at Wall Drug for a dozen or so before camping in the Badlands. Maple glaze was and still is my favorite. Share a batch with friends and family who appreciate a hot, fresh apple cider donut. —Melissa Hansen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ingredients
- 2 cups apple cider
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon each ground cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
- Oil for deep-fat frying
- Chocolate Glaze for Doughnuts or Maple Glaze for Doughnuts, optional
Reviews
A delicious donut and easy to handle—once we added about 1/3 c extra flour. Next time I might try reducing the cider down to 3/4 c. Rolled some in 1/2 c sugar and the rest 1/2 c sugar/1T cinnamon. Delicious! Made a different apple cider donut recipe right afterwards which had the 3/4 c liquid (1 c cider reduced to 1/4 c plus 1/2 c buttermilk) and same amount of flour as this and while it handled well pre-cooking, it was a bit crumbly and the TOH recipe was more flavorful.
Save yourself a lot of disappointment and time, find a different recipe. Ended up refrigerating over night and it still didn't form up at all. Unable to roll out, so went with dropped, over cooked on the outside and not at all on the inside, even tried to go smaller with no success. Then we cut them in half and dropped them in again, that seemed to work! Rolled in cinnamon sugar and they tasted awful and were so heavy just not appetizing. What a waste, super disappointed.
*I made this with Strongbow Cloudy HARD Cider, my review does not reflect the recipe as written above* For anyone making these in the UK, I suggest using 4 cups cider and boiling it down to 1 cup and doubing the spice to give it more fall flavor. Alternatively, buy cloudy apple juice, which is what I would like to try next time. The batch I just made were not very sweet and tasted like plain fritters or fried dough, which was nice but not apple cider donuts. Hard cider did not give it nearly enough apple flavor.
Novice here. I never made doughnuts. This recipe was is very easy to follow. I read it would be sticky but I honestly couldn’t manage to roll it out. Being optimistic because the dough smells amazing! I took out my standard cookie scoop and my donut holes. I used the deep frier fried for 3 minuets and flipped in between. Then rolled in sugar and cinnamon after cooling. They were perfection! Grew up in Apple Country in NY eating apple cider donuts was everything in the fall. The recipe brought back memories ?? Perfect. Oooh almost forgot didn’t have whole wheat flour used all all purpose it was perfect.
Fantastic! Making a double batch today to take to a picnic. They are wonderful rolled in sugar. I tried apple juice instead of cider and they were not as pleasurable. The best is rolled in cinnamon and sugar. People can't stop eating them. put 1 Tbsp. of vinegar in the oil and the donuts won't absorb a much oil. I also used a cookie scoop and just made doughnut "holes." I am making these for a potluck Christmas party for 80 people. These doughnuts do need a glaze or rolled in sugar. This recipe is perfect for that.
These are very heavy and not sweet. Albeit I used some organic Whole Foods apple cider, which I personally think could have had a stronger apple flavor. These turned out tasting extremely bland and just like oil. I did try to bake them and that was even worse. I would add another whole cup of sugar and maybe some real apple .
Yummy! Easy! Love it!
These donuts were great. I doubled the recipe and froze some of it. Not sure if it will change the taste or texture once it is defrosted. I used all white flour. For the topping I mixed 1/2 cup of sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon and mixed well. Then I melted 1 stick of butter. When donuts are warm to touch I dipped the top in the butter and them in sugar and cinnamon mixture. Shared these donuts with family and friends and all loved them.
Wonderful recipe for the first days of Fall!! The dough comes together quickly and is beautiful to roll out and cut! I opted to make my own glaze to dip the tops of the doughnuts in, using about 1/3 -1/2 cup of icing (confectioners) sugar, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, dash of salt, a small pinch of cinnamon, and a tablespoon or so of cold apple cider, stir together and adjust if needed to get a drizzling consistency. After dipping them I immediately sprinkled the tops with demerara sugar - for a bit of sparkle and subtle crunch! The end result is a crisp on the outside, melt in your mouth flavour throughout! Will definitely make this recipe again - and again!!
Yum! These were awesome and pretty easy to prepare. I'm not a fan of ginger so we stuck with cinnamon sugar topping.