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    Home » Recipes » Baked Breads/Muffins » Baked Apple Cider Donuts

    Baked Apple Cider Donuts

    Published: Oct 25, 2016 · Modified: Mar 17, 2022 by Lauren Kelly · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Simple flavors, baked into a delicious, fluffy donut and sprinkled with light cinnamon sugar.

    Baked Apple Cider Donuts from Lauren Kelly Nutrition. All of the flavors, none of the guilt!

    Ah, the wonderful flavors of fall.

    Anyone else feel like apple is the underrated, forgotten flavor?

    Ok, maybe that's a slight exaggeration and I am guilty of giving pumpkin WAY too much attention, but apple deserves it's own celebration too!

    I love apple all year long, but there is something about in-season apple cider that just makes me happy.

    Baked Apple Cider Donuts from Lauren Kelly Nutrition. All of the flavors, none of the guilt!

    I am sure I shared this with you before, but just in case you missed it, here it goes....

    I don't like donuts.  Or doughnuts.

    Let me clarify, I don't like FRIED donuts or doughnuts (which is it, anyway??).  But give me a BAKED donut and I am in heaven.  Because let's be honest, it's just like a light and fluffier muffin, shaped in the letter O, right?

    And speaking of muffins, if you don't have one of these handy dandy baked donut pans, you can easily make these into muffins.

    Baked Apple Cider Donuts from Lauren Kelly Nutrition. All of the flavors, none of the guilt!

    Baked Apple Cider Donuts from Lauren Kelly Nutrition. All of the flavors, none of the guilt!

    Baked Apple Cider Donuts

    5 from 4 votes
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    Servings: 24 donuts
    Author: Lauren Kelly

    Ingredients

    • 1 ⁄4 cup butter at room temperature
    • 1 ⁄2 cup unrefined sugar
    • ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
    • 1 large egg
    • 11 ⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 ⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • ⅔ cup oats
    • 2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour
    • ⅓ cup apple cider
    • 1 cup Greek yogurt plain
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 ⁄2 cup applesauce unsweetened

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 425°F. Grease the donut pan or muffin tin.
    • In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugars, and egg until smooth, about 5 minutes with electric mixer on medium-high setting.
    • Mix in the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and oats to the creamed mixture. Mix thoroughly, making sure to scrape the sides.
    • On low speed, add the whole-wheat pastry flour and apple cider. Mix well. Add the Greek yogurt and applesauce. Mix until combined, being careful not to overmix.
    • Fill the prepared donut pan or muffin tin and bake for 12–15 minutes. You can also roll them into balls and place on a baking sheet for donut holes.
    • Let cool in the pan for a few minutes, then place on wire rack for 5 minutes to cool before adding a glaze.
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    I have plenty of other easy, baked donut (doughnut) recipes that you will love:

    Baked Dark Chocolate Donuts with Peanut Butter Glaze

    Baked Gluten-Free Cinnamon Sugar Donuts

    Baked Applesauce Donuts with Vanilla Yogurt Glaze

    No Bake Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes

    Baked Hot Chocolate Donuts with Marshmallow Glaze

    Thanks for stopping by!

    Baked Apple Cider Donuts from Lauren Kelly Nutrition. All of the flavors, none of the guilt!

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    1. Beth

      July 06, 2021 at 12:18 pm

      5 stars
      These donuts are my hubby’s absolute favorite! We love apple anything here and these apple cider donuts were such an amazing recipe! I can’t wait to make these again!

      Reply
    2. Kara

      July 06, 2021 at 10:37 am

      5 stars
      I don't have whole wheat pastry flour, so I just used half white and half whole wheat flour. I dipped them in a simple cinnamon glaze while they were warm. So good!

      Reply
    3. Lisalia

      July 06, 2021 at 10:30 am

      5 stars
      Doughnuts packed with superfood ingredients? I'm all in! These had such a lovely texture. So delicious.

      Reply
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