Description
Fresh from the oven, these donuts are packed with apple flavor and warm spice.
Ingredients
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To make the donuts:
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 10 TB unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup apple cider (see notes)
To finish donuts:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 TB cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Depending on the pans you use, either grease three 6-cavity donut pans, (if you don’t have three, you can easily re-grease the pans between batches) or line two 12-cavity muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- Set the prepared pans aside and whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer and paddle attachment, cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together for about 4 minutes, until it’s light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, scraping the bowl after each egg. Add the vanilla extract, mix well, and scrape down the bowl once more.
- Add the flour/spice mixture all at once, and mix on low speed until just a few streaks of flour remain. Keep the mixer on low and slowly stream in the apple cider, just until incorporated. Use a spatula to scrape down the bowl and make sure everything is combined.
- Fill the prepared donut or muffin pans about 2/3 of the way full, I like to use a piping bag to fill the donut cavities or a cookie scoop for the muffins. Bake both until they are golden and a toothpick comes out clean from the highest point, about 15 minutes.
- While the donuts are baking, whisk together 3/4 cup granulated sugar and about a TB of cinnamon, more or less to taste.
- As soon as the donuts come out of the oven, brush them with the melted butter and immediately coat them completely in the cinnamon sugar. If making muffins, brush with butter and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar. Serve warm.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut or muffin
- Calories: 253
- Sugar: 24.9 g
- Sodium: 142.3 mg
- Fat: 12.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 7.4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 2.1 g
- Cholesterol: 51.2 mg