Description
These baked vegan apple cider donuts are fluffy, light and have a crunchy cinnamon sugar coating. You won't be able to stop at just one! They're easy to make and such a quintessential fall dessert. (Gluten free option included in the notes section).
Ingredients
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Donuts:
- 1 1/2 cups apple cider
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour*
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoon melted vegan butter
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/3 cup nondairy milk
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup cane sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Coating:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Nonstick spray or melted vegan butter.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚F/175˚C.
- Reduce cider: add cider to a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until it reduces to 1/2 cup.
- Mix dry ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt.
- Mix wet ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk together melted butter, applesauce, milk, both sugars, vanilla extract, apple cider vinegar and the 1/2 cup of reduced apple cider.
- Combine: Using a spatula, stir wet ingredients into dry, stirring just until the batter comes together. Don't overmix.
- Pipe into pan: Grease donut pan and pipe the batter into each cavity. Don't fill to the top – about 3/4 of the way will create the perfect donut.
- Bake: Bake for 10-11 minutes, until the tops are lightly golden brown. Remove from oven and transfer to cooling rack.
- Cinnamon sugar coating: Stir together the cinnamon and sugar in a shallow bowl. To coat the donuts, spray both sides of the donuts with a nonstick baking spray, or brush/dip in melted butter, then coat in cinnamon sugar. The oil/butter is necessary to get the coating to stick. Enjoy hot!
Notes
*To make gluten free, substitute all purpose flour with 1 1/2 cup gluten free all purpose flour and 1/2 cup oat flour.
Don't skip the apple cider vinegar – it reacts with the baking soda to create a lift in vegan baked goods.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Donut
- Calories: 359
- Sugar: 30.6 g
- Sodium: 271.9 mg
- Fat: 18.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 49.7 g
- Fiber: 1.1 g
- Protein: 2.5 g
