Homemade Baked Cider Donuts

It is solely correct that I follow our Fall Fun postal service amongst a Cider Donut recipe... equally that is precisely how each of our autumn champaign trips appear to destination up, likewise - amongst fingers covered inwards cinnamon together with sugar.

Saturday, equally nosotros were enjoying roughly fresh donuts on the car ride home, Mike asked me - what makes them cider donuts?  Is in that place genuinely cider inwards them?  I had no idea. 

After a footling googling I discovered that, inwards fact, they do.  The cider gives them an acid seize amongst teeth together with makes them extra moist.  The recipes I constitute online recommended making them amongst a condensed cider made only yesteryear boiling the cider for xv minutes to concentrate the flavor.

As it is officially October, nosotros spent roughly other weekend farm together with orchard hoping.  Our "field trip" this fourth dimension was to a existent pumpkin patch.  This was the starting fourth dimension time inwards 25 years that I've genuinely picked pumpkins from a field.  I know - I tin hardly believe it myself.  It was hence much to a greater extent than fun than picking them out at the market.  Emma picked her rattling ain pumpkins - all just her size.

Emma had the best time.  Each fourth dimension she constitute one, she would say... "Look, there's one! There's a punkin'!"  We accept all of her pint size pumpkins lined upward on our front end steps. 

 

Last weekend's donut halt was non the best, but this weekend, oh my.  Oh my.  I bought a dozen together with they were gone yesteryear sun forenoon at 8 am... leaving us craving to a greater extent than yesteryear the afternoon.

The beauty of these donut is that they are baked - inwards just most 10 minutes!  I don't mean value yous tin function far to the donut store together with dorsum inwards that time.  You volition demand a donut pan - which yous tin notice inwards my store : Donut Pan for $14.

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Cider Donuts

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1 1/2 loving cup of apple tree cider

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two cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg

3/4 cups milk
two tablespoons butter, melted
two teaspoons vanilla

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four tablespoons butter1/2 loving cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees amongst the donut pan inwards the oven.

Begin yesteryear condensing the cider - boil 1 1/2 loving cup for xv minutes until it has reduced.

Pour the cider into a standard cup, together with then add together butter, milk, vanilla together with egg.  Stir to combine.

Combine all of the dry out ingredients, together with then stir inwards moisture cider mixture.

It should locomote most the consistency of waffle batter.

Remove the donut pan from the pre-heated oven, together with then spray or butter the donut pan.  Then spoon inwards mixture 3/4 of the agency upward the pan.

Bake for 10-12 minutes, until set.  

Combine saccharide together with cinnamon inwards a shallow bowl.

Remove from pan, together with i at a fourth dimension brush amongst melted butter, together with then coat donut amongst cinnamon sugar.

Serve warm, if possible.

Also, serve amongst hot apple tree cider, if possible.




Cider donuts accept function a weekend forenoon tradition for us - I'm hence glad nosotros tin brand our ain version at home.  Now I'm wondering... cider pancakes?  cider waffles?  cider scones amongst a maple glaze?!

What are yous favorite autumn weekend forenoon traditions? 

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