No-Fry Apple Cider Doughnuts That Taste Like Autumn 🍎

Skip the fryer and keep all the flavor. These Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts deliver the warmth of fall in every bite — buttery, cinnamon-kissed, and coated in sparkling sugar. Perfect with coffee or a cup of hot cider, they’re quick, comforting, and guaranteed to disappear fast.

You’ll love: The same tender crumb as classic doughnuts — no oil bath required

• That fragrant apple-cinnamon aroma filling your kitchen

• Easy one-bowl batter & quick bake time

• A make-ahead dream for brunch, bake sales, or sweet cravings

Bake, brush, roll, repeat — happiness guaranteed. 🍂

Makes 12 doughnuts (or 12 muffins)

Ingredients

• Non-stick spray, for the pan

• 225 g (1 ¾ cups) all-purpose flour

• 1 ¼ tsp baking powder

• ¾ tsp fine sea salt

• 2 tsp ground cinnamon, divided

• ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg

• 225 g (1 cup / 2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp, divided

• 165 g (¾ cup) light brown sugar

• 150 g (¾ cup) granulated sugar, divided

• 2 large eggs, room temp

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 120 ml (½ cup) apple cider

 Method

Heat & prep

Pre-heat oven to 175 °C (350 °F). Lightly grease two 6-cavity doughnut pans or a 12-cup muffin tin. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, 1 tsp cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.

Cream the base

In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat 140 g (10 tbsp) of the butter with the brown sugar and 50 g (¼ cup) of the granulated sugar until pale and fluffy (3–4 min). Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.

Fold & pour

With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients. Slowly pour in the apple cider until the batter is smooth and glossy.

Bake to golden

Fill each mould about ⅔ full (you can pipe or spoon it in). Bake 12–15 min for doughnuts or 15–20 min for muffins, rotating halfway, until golden and a skewer comes out clean.

Finish with sparkle

While they bake, whisk remaining 100 g (½ cup) sugar with 1 tsp cinnamon. Melt the remaining 85 g (6 tbsp) butter. Cool doughnuts 5 min, then brush with butter and toss in cinnamon-sugar. Serve warm or at room temp — preferably with a mug of something cozy.

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