Homemade baked apple cider donuts are infused with concentrated apple cider and perfectly flavored with cinnamon and sugar. They're moist and cake-like and the perfect fall treat for breakfast, snack, or dessert!
Preheat the oven to 350ºF and prepare a donut pan by greasing with butter or cooking spray. Set aside.
In a small sauce pot, simmer the apple cider over medium high heat until it is reduced to a ½ cup. This will take about 10 minutes of active simmering. Remove from heat and cool.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, light brown sugar and white sugar until well incorporated.
Add the egg, vanilla milk and cooled cider. Stir just until combined. Batter will be thick.
Scoop or pipe the batter into the prepared baking pan, filling each mold halfway full.
Bake for 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Turn out the donuts onto a cooling rack.
While the donuts are cooling, mix the white sugar with cinnamon.
Dip each cooled donut in melted butter and then into cinnamon sugar.
Notes
These are great served with chilled apple cider or warm apple cider.
If you're lucky enough to have any leftover donuts, they'll stay fresh in an airtight container on the counter for upto2days, but anything longer than that you'll want to transfer them to the fridge for a few extra days. These donuts also freeze well for up to 2 months.