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small plate with a sparkling apple cider donut broken in half on a tile table with tiny pumpkins.

Sparkling Apple Cider Donuts

Mimi Council
Indulge in Sparkling Apple Cider Donuts. These light and fluffy cake donuts will melt in your mouth and taste like fall with every bite!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Makes 12 donuts
Calories 411 kcal

Equipment

  • Digital Food Scale
  • Mixing Bowl
  • Whisk
  • Donut Pans
  • Piping Bags

Ingredients
 
 

Batter

  • 255 grams all purpose flour
  • 170 grams cane sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoons fine sea salt
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup heavy whipping cream
  • ½ cup sparkling apple cider
  • 113 grams Greek vanilla yogurt
  • 85 grams salted butter (melted)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • avocado oil cooking spray

Topping

  • 226 grams cane sugar
  • 1 ½  teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 170 grams salted butter (melted)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400°F. I like to melt the butter in a small saucepan over the stovetop for the batter first, but you can also do it in the microwave if you prefer.
  • To make the batter: Add the flour, cane sugar, baking powder, cornstarch, nutmeg, cinnamon, and sea salt to a large mixing bowl.
  • Whisk together to combine the flour mixture completely.
  • Next add the wet ingredients: egg, sparkling apple cider, heavy whipping cream, yogurt, melted butter, and vanilla extract.
  • Mix together using a hand mixer, spatula or even just a whisk until you have a smooth batter. Transfer the batter to a piping bag.
  • Spray the donut pans with avocado oil cooking spray. Pipe the batter into the pans, or if you don’t want to pipe, you can also just spoon it into the pans too!
  • Bake for 10 to 14 minutes, or until they are golden brown or a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in the pans.
  • To make the topping: In a medium bowl, add the cane sugar and cinnamon and mix together. Add the melted butter into a second bowl.
  • Dunk each donut into the melted butter, and then dip it into the cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat it completely as you want to have cinnamon and sugar in every bite of each donut!

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Notes

Tips
  • Always use a digital food scale for the best results.
  • This recipe is super flexible, you can make it with a hand mixer, just a whisk or even your stand mixer if you prefer.
  • You can use flat apple cider in place of sparkling if you prefer.
  • If you have broken donuts, here's a little trick. You can just crumble them up and form into balls. That's how I got the donut holes. If you have a donut that breaks coming out of the pan or doesn't look ideal, just make it into a couple donut holes!
  • If you have leftovers, make sure to store these in an airtight container or under a cake dome so they stay fresh.
  • High Altitude — Bake at 400°F for 8 to 12 or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Nutrition

Calories: 411kcalCarbohydrates: 52gProtein: 4gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 71mgSodium: 316mgPotassium: 63mgFiber: 1gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 698IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 1mg
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